State House (Kenya) said to be Kenya's own version of Chequers in Buckinghamshire or Camp David in Maryland. The president has been said to be shifting key presidential functions to stations outside Nairobi. State House (Kenya) State House is the official residence of the President of Kenya. It was the residence of the Prime Minister of Kenya from independence until Kenya (12 Dec 1963) transformed into a republic (12 Dec 1964). As the Prime Minister's position was abolished, it has been the official residence of the president since then. Before the construction of Government House in Nairobi, the first Governor's residence was at
Shenda Amery Shenda Amery Shenda Amery is a painter and sculptor. She was chosen to sculpt the busts of two sitting British Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and to paint the portrait of Prime Minister Tony Blair, which portrait hung at Chequers, the Prime Ministers’ official country residence. She has sculpted many well-known people including King Hussein and Queen Noor. Amery was born in England and grew up in Somerset, Surrey, Essex and London. She studied chemistry and moved to Tehran in 1959 to work as a chemist at Tehran University. Amery started painting in Iran in 1970, training under