Facebook mum: Never a dull moment in Betty’s life

She said there was “never a dull moment” in her life with Mr Orengo and that one of her projects in “retirement” was to set up a library in his home village of Nyawara in Ugenya as they are both avid readers.

Growing up in Chogoria in Meru South, Ms Murungi dreamt of travelling the world. Her parents had been beneficiaries of the student airlifts to the United States in the early 1960s, so she was raised by her grandparents.

Her grandfather thought she should become a doctor, but she dreamed of becoming a nurse.

“I liked the uniform. I liked the fact that they had those little hats. I admired the way they looked at Chogoria hospital,” said the second-born in a family of nine.

When at home she rarely cooks, but she loves cleaning her house and bedroom. She has 32 books on her “To Read” list, and since she rarely visits a hair salon she will have ample time to read them.

Until last year she wore dreadlocks, which she said was a way of trying to figure out how to be natural. When asked what had happened to them, she replied: “My dreadlocks are under construction.”

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