Jeremiah Nyagah

Jeremiah J.M. Nyagah
Sixth Minister of Agriculture of Kenya
In office 1971–1979
Preceded by	Bruce Mackenzie
Succeeded by	Gilbert Kabere M'mbijiwe

Jeremiah J.M. Nyagah (24 November 1920 – 10 April 2008) was a Kenyan politician who served in several capacities.

He acquired his early primary and intermediate education in Embu and Kagumo High School (Nyeri) before proceeding to Alliance High School, Kikuyu in 1937 for four years leading to admission to Makerere College, Uganda in 1940 for a 3-year Diploma. After Makerere, Nyagah came back to Kenya to begin a teaching career in January 1944. Between 1944 and March 1958, Nyagah taught in schools and colleges and also administered the supervision of education in the Central Province in Kiambu District. During this period, he had a 2-year break when he joined the University of Oxford Department of Education for further training (1952–54) Nyagah was also an Honorary Doctor of Letters holder from Egerton University.

He was elected a member of the pre-independence Legislative Council (Legco) to represent the present-day Embu, Mbeere, Kirinyaga and Nyeri districts in 1958.He went on to serve as a member of parliament for several decades in independent Kenya.

He was elected to the Legco in a by-election, caused by the creation of a new constituency, following negotiations with the British colonial government to increase the number of African representation. He had previously lost out to Bernard Mate in the 1957 general elections contesting the Central province seat. After Kenya's independence he became the member of parliament for Gachoka Constituency until his retirement in 1993.

Jeremiah Nyagah served in Kenya's parliament from 1958 to 1992 when he retired. He was a Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Power and Works in 1963. He also served as the longest serving cabinet minister from 1966 to 1992

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