Ngethe Njoroge
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Ng'ethe Njoroge | |
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Kenyan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
In office 1970–1979 | |
Preceded by | Josephat Karanja |
Succeeded by | Shadrack Kimalel |
Personal details | |
Born | 1929 Central Province (Kenya) |
Spouse | Mary Morello |
Children | Tom Morello |
Relatives | elder brother of Njoroge Mungai |
Education | primary and secondary schools, Kenya and Uganda, |
Alma mater |
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Stephen Ng'ethe Njoroge was a Kenyan diplomat.
He was the father of Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and the ex-husband of Parents for Rock and Rap founder Mary Morello. Njoroge was a Mau Mau guerrilla. His uncle, Jomo Kenyatta, was the first elected president in Kenya.[1]
Career
- In 1964, 1965 and 1966 he was member of the Kenyan Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.
- From 1963 to 1964 he was assistant secretary, Ministry of Lands and Settlements.
- In 1964 he was senior assistant secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delegate to the Organisation of African Unity and member of the Delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
- From 1964 to 1967 he was head of the Africa and Middle East Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi.
- From 1968 to 1970 he was counselor of the Kenyan Embassy in Bonn.
- From 1970 ton 1978 he was Kenyan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
- In 1974 he was concurrently accredited as Ambassador in Rome and Bern.[2]
References
- ^ Montreal Gazette Playing 6-string politics
- ^ International Who's Who, 1983-84, p. 1004
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- Kenyan diplomats
- 1929 births
- Permanent Representatives of Kenya to the United Nations
- High Commissioners of Kenya to the United Kingdom
- Kenyan rebels
- Kenyatta family
- Kikuyu people
- Living people
- Ambassadors of Kenya to Italy
- Ambassadors of Kenya to Switzerland
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