President Kenyatta Leads Kenyans In Giving Former Minister Nyachae A Hero’s Send-off
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday led Kenyans in giving former Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae, who was buried today at his Nyosia village home in Kisii County, a hero’s send-off.
The President paid glowing tribute to the maverick politician and independence era public administrator, describing him as a remarkable leader who motivated all around him to be honourable, decisive and accountable to the people they serve.
“He was an honest man and a man of dignity. And without doubt, he was a disciplinarian but not only on disciplining others but also in the discipline with which he carried himself.
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Sara Okuoro |
February 15th 2021 at 13:35:00 GMT +0300
Simeon Nyachae’s children have eulogised their late father as a hardworking family man, who was disciplined in his ways and a lover of music.
“Dad was a hardworking man. The hardest working man I’ve ever known. He’s someone that we all, as his children, try to emulate,” said his son Moses Nyachae.
During the early 80s while in primary school, Moses remembers that they all had to be ready to leave the house with their father at 6:45am.
“We would go with him to the office of the president and then proceed to St Mary’s School,” Moses said.
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Deputy President William Ruto has recalled how he fell victim to the late Simeon Nyachae’s disciplinary ways.
Ruto said the former Cabinet Minister occasionally took out the cane and “straightened people.”
The DP told mourners who had gathered at Gusii Stadium, in Kisii County, to pay their last respects to the late Nyachae, that he was among those that happened to be “beneficiaries of Mzee Nyachae’s cane.”
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“Apart from the blows and the other measures that were meted on his immediate family, those of us in politics, he also did not spare us,” he confessed, adding that despite his strictness, Nyachae was a loving and forgiving father to many.