Mr. Simon Nyutu Gicharu was born in a small rural village known as
Gathiruini in Kiambu County, Kenya, in 1964. He is the first in a
family of six, born to the late Stephen Gicharu, and Alice Wambui.
His early life experiences were the cauldron in which his successful
characteristic traits were shaped. As a pupil at Kiawairia Primary
School and later Gathiruini Secondary School, Mr. Gicharu had to
walk many kilometres to and from school. His parents were peasant
farmers and their small piece of land, which they tilled for
subsistence, provided barely enough for their upkeep. To supplement
the domestic income, Mr. Gicharu, alongside his siblings, picked
coffee at large commercials farms for which he was paid by every
single kilogram of coffee berries picked.
