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February 22nd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
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The East African
Monday February 01 2021
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Kenya s former Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae has died at the age of 88.
The businessman, politician, former chief secretary and ex-head of civil service died at the Nairobi Hospital on Monday, February 1 where he had been undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
His body is currently at the Lee Funeral Home in the capital Nairobi.
Born on February 6, 1932 in Nyosia village, Nyaribari in Kisii, western Kenya, to colonial-era chief Musa Nyandusi, Nyachae was trained in the UK as a public administrator.
From a district officer in Kangundo, Machakos, he rose through the ranks to be appointed district commissioner at the time of Kenya’s independence in 1963 before serving as a provincial commissioner between 1965 and 1979.
THE STANDARD By
Patrick Alushula |
February 1st 2021 at 15:01:31 GMT +0300
Former Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae
NAIROBI, KENYA: It was a rare but truthful admission from the very man who had been charged with the responsibility of planning for the country’s money. And the action did not go unpunished.
In 1998, Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae, the son of the former powerful colonial chief, Musa Nyandusi, shocked the nation with a rare admission that Kenya’s economy was in intensive care unit (ICU).
On the front page of The Standard on Saturday, April 25, 1998, then trading as The East African Standard, the bold headline read ‘Economy in the ICU’ sending mixed signals to President Daniel Moi’s government.
THE STANDARD By
Barrack Muluka |
February 2nd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
President Moi and Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae in deep conversation
Simeon Nyachae’s chequered life can be captured in three words power, privilege and influence. It was the power and influence of money on the one hand and the politics and privilege that goes with the two on the other.
Sometimes the power threatened to slip through his fingers, consigning him into the secluded spaces of sorrow and solitude. Yet he only sojourned there temporarily before bouncing back into familiar territory. With varying degrees of success that has seen some of his progeny play significant roles on the national stage, his narrative and that of his family remains the story of a household that understands the meaning of power. It all began with the grand progenitor of the family, the late Senior Chief Musa Nyandusi.