The 22 year old who wrote
President-elect
Uhuru Kenyatta’s speech
Julie Wang’ombe is only 22 years old but she has already created a name for herself.
Ms Wang’ombe is credited with writing President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory speech which was delivered on Saturday at the Catholic University.
She also said a prayer for President-elect during the Catholic University event.
She is widely known for her poetry which she discovered in 2009 at the Slam Africa events in Westlands. She moved to US in 2009 to attend Duke University after her high school education at Hillcrest
During her time at Duke, she met other several experienced and outstanding poets. One of the poets was Joshua Benne who she admired and who continued to inspire her. She has since set out to create her own poetry choosing not to conform to the the usual format of contemporary poetry.
Watch her Poem “A poetic reintroduction to Africa” given at TED Worldwide Talent Search in July 2012
Here is Julie as she said a prayer during the Cathlic University event on Saturday
