Silvanus Osoro: How street boy became a lawyer, millionaire MP
Silvanus Osoro s parents died within a span of four months.
If you had told Silvanus Osoro when he was a street boy in Nairobi that he would one day be an accountant, lawyer, businessman, politician and millionaire, he would have died with laughter. The South Mugirango MP was the fifth child in a family of three brothers and three sisters. Their father, Meshack Onyiego, was a secondary school teacher, while their mother Sarah Kemunto, was as a nurse at Kaplong Hospital in Bomet County. Theirs was a solid, well-to-do family by Kenyan standards, until his parents died within a span of four months, leaving them destitute.
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Edwin Nyarangi |
February 1st 2021 at 18:31:31 GMT +0300
Nyachae and supporters. [File, Standard]
When Simeon Nyachae retired from the Civil Service at the position of Chief Secretary at 55 years of age on February 6, 1987, his intention was to concentrate on managing his vast business empire.
In his Autobiography; Walking through the Corridors of Service Mzee Nyachae from on which this story is based, Nyachae said that politics was the last thing that he had in mind at the time having decided to take some time to rest before fully taking over the running of his many investment ventures across the country and abroad.
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Pupils in class at Oloolua Primary School in Ngong Town on Thursday, Jan 7, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Covid 19 Time Series
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