Njuguna gakuo biography
Njuguna gakuo biography
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Meet the Gakuos: The family that gave Kenya her third First Lady
Dr Njuguna Gakuo, father of First Lady Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta, was the first African managing director of Kenya Railways after taking over from GPG Mackay in 1964.
That was three years after he returned from Germany, where he taught for a year after graduating with a PhD in Economics from Frelberg University in 1960.
He also taught African studies for three years at Delhi University after earning his BA and MA degrees in Commerce from the Delhi School of Business in 1955.
Dr Gakuo did not return from Deutschland with only a doctorate, but a German wife as well, the mother of Margaret and his brother, Maina Gakuo.
Dr E Njuguna Gakuo: The alumnus of Alliance High School was the secretary of the East African Tobacco Company before he was appointed Director General of the East African Railways & Harbours during the Africanisation programme in September 1964, a post he held for 12 years to 1976.
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