William.B.Aubrey.
Is said to be the earliest White settler at Subukia at an area called Forest Hill in the year 1925. He was English by birth of the Anglo Saxon origin and his father was a landlord of many houses in the city of london.His settlement led to the establishment of a small African village with majority being Kikuyu who were labourers of his farm.
Aubrey practiced large scale farming in coffee, wheat and dairy production. To manage this farm,He employed Reuben Gathii Wairagu an educated Christian male who hailed from Ihithe village in nyeri.
Reuben saw his education at Tumutumu mission schools.
During his tenure as a farm manager, he established informal education to the willing adult and young Africans in one of the farmyard houses during the evenings after work,whereby he taught them reading,writing and elementary mathematics.
In 1926, an adobe classroom was built to cater the increasingly number of learners from Forest hill village. This became the first and earliest primary school in Subukia known today as Kamumo primary school.
Aubrey also concented the class to be used as a church by the converts made by Reuben from the African faith and belief of the Kikuyu to the Christian faith. The teachings were based from doctrine of the Church of Scotland.
This first congregation was called 'kanitha WA gikuyu' meaning the Kikuyu church as the faithfuls were from the Kikuyu community.
He also established and offered medical supplies to a dispensary for the community around, which became the earliest healthcare center in 1945.
Aubrey at his entire life at Forest hill was not with her wife as it is said that she had passed on long before he settled here. Cynthia Mary Aubrey is known to be the only daughter of William Aubrey and was married to Mr Condon. After the death of her father in 1948,they resided at their father's home( Forest hill) until 1974 and later left for Karen area in Nairobi.
Cynthia died in1997 aged 85 years.
The earliest dispensary
The remains of his residence
The car garage
