Tom Mboya
It was here in 1930, that one of Kenya's most colourful politicians, Tom Mboya, was born and brought up, when his father worked in the farm as a labourer. Though the setting is not in a valley, this circuit comprised a prime chip of the famed Happy Valley set. NB/ please not that when writing on history on some areas in Kenya,communicate with elders/leaders to put records in the rightiful language/people i.e.Kilima Mbogo is not gikuyu word but derived from Kiswahili,the Hill belongs to Ukambani and not Thika.All that land belongs to Kambas,Kenyatta government pushed it to Kiambu County,due to coffee estates to enrich his elite.The Kamba name for the mountain is Kyanzavi,Machakos County.
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