Family, friends celebrate Martha Mwango Nyachae's birthday

Former Nyaribari Chache Member of Parliament Richard Tong'i on Monday joined the family and friends of Mama Martha Mwango Nyachae in celebrating her birthday.

She is the widow to the late former Finance Minister Simeon Nyachae.

"Joined the family and friends to celebrate Mama Martha Mwango Nyachae. We wish her many more years of God's blessings," he said.

Nyachae passed away in February 2021 at Nairobi Hospital aged 88 years

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.