Origin of Victoria Rubadiri's Unique Name

You will agree with me that 'Rubadiri' is a very unique name, not common among the Kenyan people, at least.

In an interview conducted on Hot 96 FM during the morning show by Jeff Koinange, Citizen TV news anchor, Victoria Rubadiri, stated that her name originated from her great grandfather.

She narrated that the name had been around for four generations and that her great grandfather had converted to Islam on returning from Omani, where he had been taken as a slave.

"When he came from Malawi, he would pray five times a day and his fellow villagers wondered what he was saying because he was praying in Arabic.

He would say 'aaaaahrubadiri' repeatedly and the villagers would imitate him. So he liked it and noted that he would take up that name," she recounted.

Ms Rubadiri further divulged that she was a Kenyan citizen.

"Yes I am Kenyan, I was born here in Nairobi, spent ten years of my life here, and then we went to the United States of America.

"Some people think my name is from Uganda, some people think it is from Rwanda but it is actually from Malawi, " she told Jeff.

The Citizen TV news anchor also noted that she had studied in the US most of her life.

"I did part of primary in the US, high school and university," she stated.

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