Njenga karume biography sample
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James Njenga Karume (1929 – 24 February 2012) was a Kenyan businessman and politician. He was born in Elementaita, Nakuru District.
Early life
Njenga Karume was born in 1929 on Lord Delamare's Soysambu ranch in Elementaita, the eldest among 8 siblings born to Joseph Karume (later known as Karogo) and Teresia Njeri Karogo.
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His parents were both indentured servants under colonial white settlers. Njenga fostered a profound bond with his grandfather, with whom he spent the majority of his formative years.
Education
Because of an absence of schools for black Africans near Elementaita, Njenga had to go to school in Ndeiya, Limuru at the Kahuho-Karing'a Primary School, at the beginning of 1942.
Keen on pursuing further education, Njenga proceeded to Riara in Kiambu after 3 years at Kahuho, but not before being baptized. Even as Njenga pursued education back in Central Kenya, he later joined his parents when they moved to Elburgon and settled i