George Saitoti was born in the Aga Khan Hospital, Ngong Road, Nairobi. His parents were Zacharia Kiarie and Zipporah Gathoni who lived in Oloolua, Ngong, Kajiado a little to the west of Nairobi.
George Saitoti attended Oloolua Primary School, Kajiado, in the 1950s. In 1960 he entered Mang’u High School in Thika where he had secured a place due to his outstanding performance. This school is a Roman Catholic National High School which had been founded in 1925 and had gained a very high reputation. When Saitoti attended, the school was not at its present site but was in Mang’u, between Thika and Gatundu.
Saitoti, alongside his Assistant Minister in the Internal Security Ministry, Orwa Ojode, perished on June 10, 2012 when the police helicopter they were travelling in crashed in Ngong Hills shortly after taking off from Nairobiās Wilson Airport.
The late prof must be smiling down at his sonās achievements and determination to make a name for himself.Zachary Saitoti first earned our respect through Shifteye Photography and later Cranium Ink.
Shifteye has now grown into a gallery based at The Priory (a building rumoured to belong to his late father, George Saitoti) in Hurlingham.
According to the website, Shifteye.com, the brand new state of the art gallery consists of a photographic studio & event space in the heart of the Nairobi.
The space has been intricately designed to cater for exhibiting artists of all kinds, fashion events, musical performances, creative performance pieces, presentations and even cocktail parties.
Zachary was the man who got the honour of sitting behind the cameras and working his magic on the beauties at the recently concluded Nivea Invisible Black and White Cover model contest. Nivea being an internationally recognized company goes to show how good his work is.
The Nivea Invisible Black and White contest saw former face of Dasani model Deliah Ipupa win with landslide after having garnered 24,352 votes. The winning package included a trip for two to South Africa for the Fashion Week.
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