The former Cooperative Development minister died yesterday while battling Covid-19 at the Nairobi Hospital, his family said. President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned Nyagah as a consummate politician whose many years of public service helped shape modern Kenya. A friendly leader, highly experienced in public service and a very influential politician. “We have lost a selfless, bold, visionary and industrious leader who took exceptional honour in public service. But it was Joe’s humorous deliveries in Parliament as a Cabinet Minister and taunts to Opposition lawmakers that endeared him to many political opponents.

Source: Standard Digital December 11, 2020 21:01 UTC