President's cook living in abject poverty

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This the story of a 73 year woman who has worked and cooked for all of Kenya's three presidents.But Magdalene Wangui is now living in abject poverty, despite dedicating 30 years of her life to State House Nairobi as a cook.Magdalene, who now lives in the county of Kiambu says she was sacked without any explanation after Kibaki's administration took power in 2002.And as Rose Wangui reports, the woman says she has never received a single penny of her retirement benefits.

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[jon3m2007]

THIS I S WANK

[Nyabende]

Don't you think that this Lady wallowed in luxury and failed to plan for her future however little she was earning?Or is it sheer misfortune?Let us revisit the situation and question our conscious about the life style of this lady both now and in the past

[wanjem]

Thank the media for this story,i hope they keep on it until shame make the Kibaki's ,moi's,Uhuru's do something....shame ,shame,shame.

[surambaya]

I am not surprised at all. She must have had top security clearance to interact with the president's food and that alone should have made her one of the most trusted workers but alas, she wallows in poverty. Given my temperament, in her shoes I might have put a little something something in the ugali.

[kauku100]

I wonder! was she not paid when she was cooking? or she was doing charity work? She is not the only one. It is shameful and disgracing! I have even seen some MP's leaving in extreme poverty after loosing their seats.. Where the money goes leaves a lot to be desired...

[walexia]

so your also telling me , the people that cut the grass and did other domestic duties in state house also got retirement packages?I sympathise with the womans situation , but other than a courteous intervention, the government is not obligated to her in any way other than making sure she got a severance pay.She is not a civil servant and was not promised a retirement package in her contract(if there was one even)

[BatusaiJack]

why don't leaders care? They are just fuck.

[BatusaiJack]

fuck kibaki

[1000giko]

Am a Kikuyu and I'll tell you no Kikuyu gives a damn about anybody but money. I helped my own family all I could, including building a luxurious house for my mother. At the end, while am out here, she conspired with her daughters and son (don consider em family no more), and stole from me more than 2.5mil I had entrusted her to invest for me. I chill but they'll pay when least expected. So if family can do that to family, what u expect of a simple illiterate cucu.Wakikuyu sote ni mbwa mwitu.

[jakawere]

@waspirate You so right. Think about Raila's own maid dying because she was warming herself using jiko. That was unnneccesary death. I hope the next government makes note of this and rectifies the situation before we all go uprising - the Arab way!