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The Kaigwas: Genetically wired for arts
The Kaigwas are an artistic family. The patriarch, Mark Kaigwa, was a story teller and one-time deputy mayor of Nairobi.
Gakunju kaigwa biography of martin
His wife Perpetua Wamuyu Kaigwa was a mimic while two of their four children are famous artists; one in theatre, television and film, the other in the world of sculpture and what’s more... their paternal grandma was a versatile traditional dancer!
Mark Wambugu Kaigwa: The Deputy Mayor of Nairobi for three years to 1965 owned Kaigwa General Stores in Makadara estate in Nairobi’s Eastlands.
It was the first miro shop to have a kerosene pump in the area besides a neon light that attracted onlookers at night fall. Mark Kaigwa’s fortunes changed, and so he shifted houses from Makadara, Ofafa Maringo and finally Garden Estate off Thika Road as he got embroiled in council politics and his wife in business.
Mumbi Kaigwa: South Africa’s CEO magazine awarded her the 2015 Lifetime Achievement award for