10 African First Ladies who are (were) professional schoolteachers

Mweha Msemo April 29, 2018

10 African First Ladies who are (were) professional schoolteachers
Lucy Muthoni Kibaki

She was the wife of former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and was First Lady of Kenya from 2002 to 2013. She was educated at Alliance Girls High School, and then trained as a teacher working first at Kamwenja Teachers College and later at Kambui College in Kiambu, where she rose to the post of principal. She met Mwai Kibaki in 1959. After a two-year romance, the couple married in 1961, with Lucy quitting her teaching career in 1963. She passed on 26 April 2016.

Last Edited by:Francis Akhalbey Updated: April 29, 2018

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