It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Mwalimu Margaret Mugure Waihenya.
She was from Ndumberi Village, Kiambu and was the wife of the late Mwalimu Josphat Waihenya Waithaka.
She was daughter of the Kariuki and Hellen Wanjiku.
Margaret was the mother of Jane Wangui Kamau and the late Dr Peter Kamau Waweru (Kitale), Hellen Wanjiku Waihenya, Waithaka Waihenya (former MD, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) and Margaret Wambui Waithaka (Career Guidance College), Thomas Kariuki Waihenya (Former editor Nation Media Group) and Pauline Kariuki, Schola Wanjiru Waihenya (Loisaba Conservancy, Nanyuki), Fidelis Njeri and David Gichari (US), Daniel Kamau and Susan Kamau (US).
Mwalimu Margaret was sister of George Kiunuhe, the late Hannah Njeri, Virginia Wamotho, late Josphat Njathi, Kimani Kariuki, the late William Gathuku, Leornard Kariuki and Tabitha Mumbi (UK), Christine Wagio and Florence Wanja Karoki and George Karoki (USA).
She had many grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
Funeral arrangements and prayers are being held at her home in Karunga, Ndumberi, irKiambu, from 4.00 PM daily and at the All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi on Wednesday 24 September 2025.
The funeral will take place at St Ann and Joachim Catholic Church Ndumberi, followed by burial at her Karunga farm on Friday 26 September 2025.