This archive report was first published on 10 July 2019.
On July 10, 2019, Mama Ngina Kenyatta, the mother of President Uhuru Kenyatta, spoke at the All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi during a memorial service for the late Jeremiah Kiereini.
She praised Kiereini, a former powerful Head of Civil Service in her late husband's administration, as a role model and urged the youth and current leaders to learn from him.
According to Mama Ngina, the youth and leaders of today should prioritize the interests of the country and be selfless, just like Kiereini and the leaders who came before them.
“Jeremiah Kiereini and the leaders who were there before led by Mzee Jomo Kenyatta laid a good foundation for this country. If only the leaders we have today could be trustworthy like those who there before, this country would have made great progress,” she said.
Mama Ngina also asked the current generation to put the interests of the country first and to inculcate good morals and patriotism to their children.
