John Obiero Nyagarama was a Kenyan politician, teacher and farmer and the first Governor of Nyamira County. John Obiero Nyagarama attended Nyakemincha Primary School in West Mugirang and completed O-level education at Maseno Schoo before A-levels from Kisii High School. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in literature at the University of Nairobi.
John Obiero Nyagarama was born in 1946 and died on December 18, 2020, after testing positive for COVID-19 and suffering multiple lungs failure. He was a teacher before entering into tea farming and also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Touchline Press Limited before he established a tea export company in Mombasa, Kenya.
John Obiero Nyagarama on March 4, 2013, won the election to become the Governor of Nyamira County on the ticket of Orange Democratic Movement and was sworn into office on 27 March 2013.
John Obiero Nyagarama Burial
John Obiero Nyagarama the former Nyamira Governor was laid to rest at his Tente home in Nyamira County. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Interior CS Dr Fred Matiang’i, lead mourners in remembering the departed Governor, at the Nyamira Primary School Grounds.
John Obiero Nyagarama Wife
Naomi Nyagarama was engaged by John Obiero Nyagarama as a second wife after as his first wife Dorcas Sigara had left him in 1998 leaving behind 10 children. Naomi Nyagarama is the founder and Chairperson of Nyamira Girl Child Foundation whose main aim is to end cases of girl child absenteeism in schools.