A biographical reference page about Susan Wakarura Kihika, a Kenyan lawyer and politician who became the first female Governor of Nakuru County. The page documents her education, legal career, political career, public offices, and family background.

A January 2026 Kenya Times article recounting the story of Mercy Njeri, a girl from Kiamunyi, Nakuru, whose death following heart surgery in the UK in 1985 was followed by the renaming of her former school and the emergence of other places bearing her name. The article describes her childhood illness, fundraising efforts, President Daniel arap Moi’s involvement in arranging surgery, her death, funeral, and the subsequent memorialisation of her name in Nakuru.