The Nyachaes have a legacy of milling maize

L-R: The late Simeon Nyachae his wife Wamuyu Nyachae and son Charles Nyachae.

Chief Musa Nyandusi had 15 wives and over 100 children and for whom he erected his own school, besides donating land where Kisii School stands and mobilising construction of the Gusii Stadium. The powerful colonial chief for 30 years to 1964 was awarded two British medals for ‘service to the Crown.’

Chief Musa Nyandusi: The first Kisii to afford cars - a Fordson and a Chevrolet Sedan in 1943 - also owned water-operated flour mills known as chitinga cha Musa; but it was hiding Mzee Jomo Kenyatta from colonial authorities in 1952 that cemented bond with the Kenyattas to date.