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    "id": 1044133,
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    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong’i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is with profound sorrow that I issue a Statement regarding the untimely passing on of the former Member of Parliament for Nyaribari Chache Constituency and Cabinet Minister, Hon. Simeon Nyachae, on the afternoon of Monday 1st February, 2021, while undergoing treatment at the Nairobi Hospital. The late Hon. Simeon Nyachae was born in February, 1932. He attended Nyanchwa Seventh Day Adventist School in 1941 and in 1947, he joined Kereri Intermediate School. He later joined Kisii Government School from 1949 to1953. He also attended Torquay Academy and Churchill College, a constituent college of Cambridge University, both in the United Kingdom (UK). He later on went to study Public Administration in London before returning to Kenya. Hon. Nyachae began his career in the Civil Service as a revenue clerk. He was later posted as a District Officer in Ukwala, Siaya. He served in that capacity in Kajiado, Machakos, the Central Kenya region and Makueni. He became District Commissioner in December 1963 in the then Nyandarua District and, thereafter, served as a Provincial Commissioner from 1965 to 1979 in the then Nairobi extended Province, Rift valley Province and Central Province. He also served as a Permanent Secretary for Cabinet Affairs in the Office of the President. He served as the Chief Secretary and Head of the Civil Service under his Excellency the late President Daniel Arap Moi. In 1992, the late Hon. Nyachae left the Civil Service to join politics. He was elected as the Nyaribari Chache MP. He was appointed Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Finance and Minister for Trade. The late Hon. Nyachae was a presidential candidate under the Ford People Party ticket in the 2002 General Elections, but he lost to his Excellency President Mwai Kibaki. Thereafter, he served under the Kibaki regime as Cabinet Minister for Energy and later as Minister for Roads. Hon. Nyachae retired from active politics in 2007. He was an astute civil servant, a respected family man, an admirable politician, a successful businessman, my personal mentor and a mentor to many persons who had a chance to interact with him. On my own behalf and on behalf of my family and the people of Nyaribari Chache, who I represent as an MP, I take this opportunity to condole with the family of the late Simeon Nyachae, the people of Kisii County at large, all his friends, relatives and the people of Kenya during this difficult time. Hon. Speaker, with your indulgence, I request that we all stand to observe a minute of silence in honour of our departed colleague and hero, who is one of the founders of this nation. He stood with Kenya when he was most needed. Fare-thee-well. Fare-thee-well Omogaka. Thank you."
}