- Charles Nyachae was born into a family of influence and prominence in Kisii County, Kenya.
- Being a lawyer by profession, Charles Nyachae is the founding partner of Nyachae & Ashitiva Advocates (1986 to present).
- Charles Nyachae has also previously served as the chairperson of the Commission for Implementation of the Constitution of Kenya (2010-2015).
Charles Nyachae is a veteran Kenyan lawyer, civil servant, businessman, and politician who has been in the public limelight for a long time.
He has worked in both the private sector and the public sector, including the East African Court of Justice (EACJ). Here is Charles Nyachae’s biography that details his age, his family, his career, his businesses, his education background, and his net worth.
Charles Nyachae age
Charles Nyachae is 67 years old, having been born on February 1, 1958, in Nyosia village in Nyaribari Chache, Kisii County. He is the eldest son of former FORD People Party Leader Simeone Nyachae, who died in 2021 at the age of 88.
Charles Nyachae was born into a family of influence and prominence in Kisii County, Kenya. His grandfather, Mzee Musa Nyandusi, was a wealthy and authoritative colonial chief in the Gusii region, laying the foundation for a lineage of leadership.
His father, Simeon Nyachae, rose to become a provincial commissioner and a key political figure, serving as a cabinet minister and later leading the FORD People Party. Simeon’s third wife, Martha Mwango Nyachae, born in 1940, gave birth to Charles, embedding him in a family known for its public service and ambition.
Charles Nyachae education background
Charles Nyachae holds a Master’s Degree of Law (LLM) from the University of London. He also holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.
Charles Nyachae also holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from the University of Stirling, Scotland.
Charles Nyachae Career
Being a lawyer by profession, Charles Nyachae is the founding partner of Nyachae & Ashitiva Advocates (1986 to present).
Nyachae has also previously served as the chairperson of the Commission for Implementation of the Constitution of Kenya (2010-2015). He has also served as Commissioner, Kenya Law Reform Commission (2003-2006); Chairperson, Institute of Education in Democracy (1999-2003); Chairman, International Commission of Jurists, Kenya Section (1991-1993); Council Member, Law Society of Kenya (1991-1992); and established Nyachae & Company Advocates (1986). Called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn) 1983; admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya (1986); state counsel, Attorney-General’s Chambers, Nairobi, legislative drafting, commercial and litigation sections (1984-1986).
Charles Nyachae was appointed a Judge of EACJ, First Instance Division effective July 2018, but resigned in 2023.
Nyachae, who is also an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson candidate, on Monday, March 24, 2025, defended his abrupt resignation from the East African Court of Justice (EACJ).
Nyachae told the IEBC selection panel that he tendered his resignation around 2023 after concluding that he was not adding value to the regional court.
“I resigned from the East African Court of Justice. The EA Court of Justice is an ad hoc court, meaning it is not full-time and operates on a specific calendar. There are four sessions in a year, but each session is often cancelled due to financial issues,” Nyachae stated.
“During this time, I was earning $2,000 per month for doing nothing. I felt that I was not adding value to the people of East Africa by remaining in a court that hardly operated,” he told the selection panel.
Charles Nyachae Net Worth
Charles Nyachae has a net worth exceeding billions of Kenyan shillings. Apart from being a director at Nyachae & Ashitiva Advocates, Charles Nyachae is the administrator of his late father’s multi-billion business empire.
His father, Simeone Nyachae, was a shrewd businessman who built his multibillion-shilling empire from a simple bakery at Nyanturago market in the mid-1950s. His shares following the merger of NIC and CBA to form NCBA had almost tripled to 8.6 million from the 3.1 million he held in CBA Bank.
Apart from NCBA, Nyachae’s family is said to have a huge stake in Credit Bank, a tier III lender that has been in operation since 1986.
As of June 2019, the major shareholders in the bank’s stock were Nyachae’s Sansora Group at 14.96 percent, Sanama Investment at 14.32 percent, Ketan Morjaria at 9.88 percent, and Jay Karia at 8.61 percent.
Reports have it that the bakery business was the foundation of the Sansora Group, which has interests in wheat and flour milling via Swan and Kabansora Millers, agriculture, banking, and real estate. The net worth of Simeone Nyachae, Charlkes Nyachae’s father, is estimated to be over Ksh110 billion.
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