{"id":916790,"date":"2022-01-16T15:11:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/16\/five-famous-kenyan-politicians-kids-who-chose-their-own-path\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T15:11:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T15:11:11","slug":"five-famous-kenyan-politicians-kids-who-chose-their-own-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/16\/five-famous-kenyan-politicians-kids-who-chose-their-own-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Five famous Kenyan politicians' kids who chose their own path"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Klein Kalonzo. <\/strong>[Courtesy] <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The decision to follow in the footsteps of one\u2019s parents is one that every child deals with when they come face to face with their individual career choice- crossroad. <\/p>\n

And while a good number of children will always adopt the quintessential path already set for them by their parents; another group takes a complete 360-degree turn. <\/p>\n

In the Kenyan scene, most politicians\u2019 kids are in the arts and entertainment scene. Weird, right? <\/p>\n

Take the case of Zachary Saitoti, the son of the late Internal Security minister George Saitoti. <\/p>\n

He is a freelance photographer and proprietor of Nairobi\u2019s Shifteye Studios. The studio captures art in all forms – illustrations, poetry jam sessions, fashion, photography and music. <\/p>\n

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Zachary Saitoti.<\/strong> [Courtesy] <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then there is Lupita Nyong\u2019o, an Oscar award-winning actress with an illustrious career in Hollywood, and is the daughter of the Governor of Kisumu Anyang\u2019 Nyong\u2019o. <\/p>\n

Lupita has an impressive Hollywood portfolio with big blockbusters like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Jungle Book, Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/em> and Black Panther<\/em>, under her belt. <\/p>\n

Additionally, she has also dabbled in Broadway and featured in one of the hugest productions of 2015 and 2016: Eclipsed. The production made history as the first all-black and female creative cast and team to premiere on Broadway. <\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, Lupita is not alone in her love for the arts, her younger brother Junior Nyong\u2019o seems to be following in her footsteps. <\/p>\n

His claim to fame is appearance in show host Ellen DeGeneres\u2019 star-studded selfie during the 2014 Oscar awards that went viral, but now he is making waves for himself in the film world. <\/p>\n

He is now an actor by profession and even won Majorie Foster Gilbert Award for Outstanding Student Performer, and further, landed his first film role in Tom Ford\u2019s film, Nocturnal Animals,<\/em> which stars starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams. <\/p>\n

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Lupita Nyong\u2019o.<\/strong> [Courtesy] <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also, we have Muhoho Kenyatta, the youngest of President Uhuru\u2019s sons who is a fashion designer. <\/p>\n

He launched his own fashion line – Nomadic Designs – with friends at the age of 17. <\/p>\n

Finally, there is also Klein Kalonzo who seems to have taken a different path from his older brother Kennedy. <\/p>\n

He is an alumnus of the University of Nairobi, School of Journalism, and even owns a studio. <\/p>\n

Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Klein Kalonzo. [Courtesy] The decision to follow in the footsteps of one\u2019s parents is one that every child deals with when they come face to face with their individual career choice- crossroad. And while a good number of children will always adopt the quintessential path already set for them by their parents; another group takes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}