We have compiled a list of richest and most influential people from the Kikuyu tribe. As you are aware, the Kikuyu tribe eats their sweat and they are the most enterprising community in East Africa.
In Nairobi alone this tribe, which comprise of 22 % of the Kenyan population, command over 70 % of the capital city, meaning they simply own Kenya.
Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s fourth President ranks first ,followed by business mogul Chris Kirubi.S.K Macharia,the media magnet also is ranked highly with a total net worth in excess of Ksh40 billion.
Jane Wanjiku Michuki is definitely a strange name in this list, but you are aware of former powerful minister,John Michuki,who breathed his last some year back. The entrepreneur left over Ksh30 billion worth of assets.Jane, being the able wife, inherited the wealth.
Below is a list of wealthiest Kikuyu in Kenya
- Uhuru Kenyatta
- Chris Kirubi
- K Macharia
- Jane Wanjiru michuki
- Charles Njonjo
- Philip Ndegwa
- Mwai kibaki
- Stanley Githunguri
- Dancan Ndegwa
- Pius Ngugi
- Joe Wanjui
- Eprahim Maina
- William Kabogo
- Eddy Njoroge
- Samuel Gichuru
- Benson Wairegi
- Joram Kamau