Mary Wambui

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Mary Wambui is a Kenyan businesswoman and alleged second wife of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki. The Wambui family claim that Mwai married Mary in 1972 under Kikuyu customary law and have a daughter, Winnie Wangui Mwai.

Kibaki, issued an official statement saying that his wife Lucy Kibaki and their children were his only "immediate family". Although officially denied status as a wife, Wambui is provided with all the trappings of a presidential spouse including armed bodyguards and limousines. [1].

Winnie Wangui was linked to the now notorious 'Artur brothers' both through business & personally. In what is dubbed the Armenian saga, the 'brothers' (Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan), who were also rumoured to be mercenaries, brandished guns at JKIA airport within a "security" zone and threatened to shoot the Customs officer who wanted to check the luggage of their guests. This security breach led to their arrest and culminated in their 'deportation' on June 9 2006. Winnie was suspended from her job as a minor functionary after this incident. [2].

In an interview with the The Standard written on April 5, 2007, Winnie said that she and Margaryan intended to marry in the future. [3]

In Kenyan media, Mary Wambui is often described as "NARC-activist". (National Rainbow Coalition), a Kenyan political party.

At a recent interview with the media in Kenya, Wambui said that she had five children but was reluctant to disclose their names.