PREMIUM The matron who Africanised meals at Alliance Girls and other top schools Given Head of State Commendation in 2004, Mrs Kivuti who was brought up in great poverty, is a woman of many achievements. Lifestyle Just now Listen

The book also carries the testimonial of Enid Micere Kivuti-Kariuki, one of Mrs Kivuti’s children, who flashes back to her mother’s matron days.

From surviving death in her early life, Mrs Kivuti tells the narrative of meeting her late husband – Lay Cannon Nelson Andrew Kivuti – the first boy from their area to be admitted to Alliance High School.

Mrs Dinah Gicuku Kivuti, 88, first made a name for herself as the matron of Alliance Girls’ High School (AGHS), introducing a local touch to the meals at the then European-run school.