 A May 1975 edition of "New Scientist" cited her as one of Kenya's "ivory queens" but also asserted they could not be completely certain that these claims were true.However, "New Scientist" claimed that there was now documentary proof that at least one member of Kenya's royal family had shipped over six tons of ivory to Red China.Mama Ngina became a Roman Catholic, and was known to attend Mass every Sunday in the Catholic mission with some of their children.