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.
WHAT YOU MUST KNOW about Mzee Simeon Nyachae, the former powerful cabinet minister
History of Mzee Simeon Nyachae
Former Moi era Chief Secretary Mzee Simeon Nyachae’s early years were spent with his mother. He was later to remark, “In a polygamous home the women tend to take hold of the children [especially when they are young], leaving the father nowhere.” As Nyachae grew up he became unusually close to his father, but in the years before his schooling he belonged to his mother. Pauline Bosibori had but two children, and James Oiruria was only two years older than Nyachae. The two brothers were very close.
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