Chief Njiiri as a young boy

 

Senior Chief Njiiri was Karanja was born in 1866. He died in 1974. During his life time he rose from a young rural boy into a dynasty of kingship in the land of the Mumbi family. I mean Kikuyu society. All the way from the slopes of the Mt. Aberdares, he came to be well known and respected in his local village to, by the colonial administration, the president and even the queen of the commonwealth. Towards the end of his reign, he contributed 60 acres of land for a school. This is where Njiiris High School stands today and it was named after him.

 

In 1888, when he was 12 years old. He was woken up very early in the morning by his father. His father sent him to another location to fetch a certain man by the name Mugo wa Kibiru who was a rising star as a prophet. Njiiri was accompanied by the another boy by the name Maingi. They were highly welcomed and before they explained about their mission and where they came from, the prophet Mugo wa Kibiru went to a cardboard, (mwatu) to fetch something for them to eat. Mugo offered young Njiiri a good piece of meat. He did not give Maingi. He continued talking without caring to give the young Maingi anything. Njiiri was unable to eat since his friend Maingi had nothing. He asked the old man for knife so that he could cut a piece to his friend. The prophet Mugo wa Kibiro refused and told the young Njiiri. "No you cannot cut for him for that piece of meat is meant for Kings and rulers."  Mugo told the young boy. To close the gap he went again to his cardboard and brought forth 'a less valued' piece of meat and gave it to Maingi. 

 

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