- Margaret Bryson Njonjo, Charles Njonjo’s former Attorney General’s wife.
Charles Njonjo,the former Attorney General never intended to marry an African girl,let alone a woman from Kabete where he was born in 1920.
He at an age that would be considered quite advanced by standards if the time, later married Margaret Bryson in 1972
Jomo Kenyatta as the President was getting uneasy as his legal advisor had no wife at the age of 50.
Duncan Ndegwa ,Kenyas first head of the civil service says in his 2009 bio,“Walking in Kenyatta Struggles ,“that good sideshows starring the Attorney General and Margaret Wanjiru Koinange, Kenya’s then Matron-in-Chief.
Wanjiru Koinange grew up next to the Njonjo’s in Kabete and was smitten by the dapper AG with a penchant for lunchtime wine sessions while working barefoot in his office.
While at State House, Kenyatta would put the black telephone receiver on his ear and pretend Wanjiru Koinange was on the line enquiring whether Charles Njonjo was around,much to his discomfort.
