Kanyua, Jerusha
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[Jerusha Kanyua was born in early 1872 at at Karaa village, in Mwimbi Division, in the current Maara Sub-County, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. She was brought up in the traditional family set up, where she attained no formal education, but went through the Ameru rites of passage. In 1894, she married Paul Njeru, who was nicknamed Paulo. They relocated from Mwimbi and settled at Chuka, near Chuka General Hospital. Even though their marriage was blessed with several children, unfortunately all of them died during childhood from what was suspected to be pneumonia, measles, or malaria. This prompted her husband to remarry so as to have children. The new wife, Martha Umotho, gave birth to a number of children. For unknown reasons, Njeru started to mistreat Jerusha. This made Jerusha relocate to Ndagani, on the outskirts of Chuka town, and settle there. Since she had no children of her own she adopted her younger sister’s children, Alfred Mburia and Caroline, who are, to the present day, regarded as her children.]
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