Runyenje Wa Mukubo
Rũnyenje Wa Mũkobo (sometimes spelled Rũnyenjĩ wa Mũkobo) was a "Paramount Chief" of the Embu people in Kenya in the early 20th century. Chief Runyenje was born in the Rũgusa area of the Embu district, near the present day location of the town of Rũnyenje's and its surrounding Runyenje's Constituency, which is named in honor of him. The Chief had thirteen (13) sons and many daughters. Today 17 August 2012, only Karanja (1918) and Matĩ (1930) survive. Nguũ (1912) died on 8 January 2013 aged 100 years. Phares Njeru(1925) died in 2010 and is survived  by his two wives, 12 children and their families. According to the Official Gazette of the Government of Kenya, Runyenje Wa Mukobo was nominated by the Government to serve as a member of the Embu District Local Native Council on 8 June 1925 and reappointed 14 June 1928. He also features in the list of Official Headmen for Kagaari Location on 12 September 1929. The family ancestral land is largely within the Rũguca area near the Present day Runyenje's township which was earlier on known as Ngabũrĩ. The land on which the current Embu East District Headquarters stands belonged  to the Runyenje family as part of the larger Ega-Mataũ Rĩa Andũ a Njũkĩ clan although details of how the donation happened are available although family sources indicated that the Chief allowed the Government of the time (of which he was part) to set up the administrative station establishment on part of the family land. For this the family has always taken pride.