Notable Personalities
A good number of renowned people have hailed from Nyeri County. These include:
- Dedan Kimathi (The Mau Mau resistance leader)
- Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2004)
- Mwai Kibaki (Kenya's current president)
- Catherine Ndereba (Olympic marathon Silver Medalist, world marathon champion, four time Boston Marathon winner and multiple time winner of Chicago and other marathons).
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