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FORMER Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae dies at Nairobi Hospital #RIPNyachae.
Former powerful Cabinet minister Simeon Nyachae is dead.
Nyachae passed away on Monday at Nairobi Hospital aged 88 years.
Last month, there were rumours that the former minister had passed away but his son, Charles Nyachae later dismissed the claims.
“Dad is in hospital and is receiving treatment and appropriate care. Please keep him in prayers,” he had said.
Nyachae served under both regimes of the late President Daniel Moi and retired President Mwai Kibaki.
He had also served as a provincial administrator in various parts of the country.
Nyachae served as the Chief Secretary, Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet between 1984 and 1987 when he retired from the civil service.
During his tenure, he came up with the now-famous District Focus for Rural Development programmes to curb rural-urban migration.
The long-term MP for Nyaribari Chache served as Minister for Agriculture and Industrialisation under Moi and later headed the Roads and Public Works docket under the Kibaki administration.
Nyachae in 2002 ran for the presidency on a Ford-People ticket, emerging third after Narc's Mwai Kibaki and Kanu’s Uhuru Kenyatta.
The former Ford People leader represented Nyaribari Chache for about 15 years before he lost to Dr Robert Monda in the 2007 General Election.
Former powerful Cabinet minister Simeon Nyachae is dead.
Nyachae passed away on Monday at Nairobi Hospital aged 88 years.
Last month, there were rumours that the former minister had passed away but his son, Charles Nyachae later dismissed the claims.
“Dad is in hospital and is receiving treatment and appropriate care. Please keep him in prayers,” he had said.
Nyachae served under both regimes of the late President Daniel Moi and retired President Mwai Kibaki.
He had also served as a provincial administrator in various parts of the country.
Nyachae served as the Chief Secretary, Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet between 1984 and 1987 when he retired from the civil service.
During his tenure, he came up with the now-famous District Focus for Rural Development programmes to curb rural-urban migration.
The long-term MP for Nyaribari Chache served as Minister for Agriculture and Industrialisation under Moi and later headed the Roads and Public Works docket under the Kibaki administration.
Nyachae in 2002 ran for the presidency on a Ford-People ticket, emerging third after Narc's Mwai Kibaki and Kanu’s Uhuru Kenyatta.
The former Ford People leader represented Nyaribari Chache for about 15 years before he lost to Dr Robert Monda in the 2007 General Election.