Kenyan Celebrities Born in the month of February

Piece by: MERCY MUNYAO

24 February 2023

•Birthdays are a symbol of strength, hope and triumph over adversities.

There is a significant reason as to why we treasure and celebrate special events like birthdays and anniversaries.

They stand for consistency and development, the unbroken strands that weave together a person's life. They are a symbol of strength, hope and triumph over adversities especially later in life when they signify experience.

Kenya is full of talent and fore front individuals who have taken it into their hearts to entertain, educate, represent us across different spheres.

Some of those people are well known to the public. Here is a list of Kenyan celebrities born in the month of February;

Talia Oyando

Catherine kamau popularly known as Kate the actress is an award winning actor. She rose to fame due to her role in the Citizen TV show, Mother-In-Law where she played as Celina.

Kate was born in Nyahururu on the 3rd of February, 1987. She has also been featured in other films which are; Disconnect, Sue Na Jonnie , Maempress, Click Click bang Nafsi and Plan B

She is also considered as one of Kenya's best-dressed personalities this is because of her elegant dressing during various events.

Philip Karanja

Gideon Mbuvi Kioko ,famously known as Mike Sonko is a politician born in 27 th February 1975. In September 2010 he’s was the MP of Makadara constituency. He was later elected as the senator of Nairobi .

In 2013 Sonko ran for the Gubernatorial seat for Nairobi County under the Jubilee Party of Kenya and defeated the incumbent Evans Kidero to become the second Governor of Nairobi.

He has established a privately funded pro bono service delivery entity known as the Sonko Rescue Team, which comprises of ambulances, fire engines and water bowers . The delivery entity helps Kenyan citizens when they are caught up with emergencies.

Ali Hassan Joho

Ali Hassan Joho, also known as Sultan was born in 26th February 1976. He served two terms as the Governor of Mombasa County.

He actively joined elective politics in 2007 when he won the Kisauni parliamentary seat this was after joining the Liberal Democratic Party in 2006 as the party’s chairman in the constituency.

On 4 March 2013, during the general election, Joho was elected as the first governor of Mombasa County. In the 2017 General Elections held on 8 August, Joho retained his seat on an ODM ticket.

Under Joho’s leadership, Mombasa County was allocated funds to mitigate the effects of Covid-19. He also distributed water for free using truck bowers and rolled out a free Covid-19 mass testing exercise.