Trailblazers: Profiles of outstanding Kenyans

1. Lupita Nyong’o: First Kenyan to bag an Oscar

Through her Social Democratic Party, Ms Ngilu was quite a force in the election, garnering 488,600 votes, which was 7.89 percent of the total votes cast and which placed her fifth behind Mr Moi, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga and Kijana Wamalwa in that order. Ms Ngilu was elected the Kitui governor in 2017, also setting history alongside Joyce Laboso and Anne Waiguru as the first women to be elected governors under Kenya’s 2010 Constitution. Dr Laboso, who died in 2019, was governor of Bomet while Anne Waiguru is currently the Kirinyaga Governor and still doubles up as chairperson of the Council of Governors. In the 2022 General Election, more women were elected as governors. These are Wavinya Ndeti (Machakos), Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay), Susan Kihika (Nakuru), Kawira Mwangaza (Meru), Cecily Mbarire (Embu), and Fatuma Achani (Kwale).

The European Champions League is among the most competitive football tournaments in the world. In 2010, Inter Milan, an Italian football team then coached by the legendary Jose Mourinho, emerged the winners of the competition. They also won two domestic cups in Italy that season. The winner’s medal that Kenyan footballer McDonald Mariga got was historic because no Kenyan footballer had got it before. Mariga played in a squad that had players like Samuel Eto’o, Wesley Sneidjer, Ricardo Quaresma, Marko Arnautovic, among others. He had been signed by Inter to replace Patrick Vieira, who was departing to join Manchester City. “He played 13 games, which included the goal against Atalanta and a crucial cameo in the final minutes against Barcelona at the Camp Nou where he broke up the Blaugrana’s play with several vital tackles,” says a post on the Inter Milan website. Mariga comes from a family of trailblazing sportspeople, with his younger brother Victor Wanyama being the first Kenyan player to ply his trade in the English Premier League.

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Trailblazers: Profiles of outstanding Kenyans

1. Lupita Nyong’o: First Kenyan to bag an Oscar

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