resting_place relations death_date children religion birth_place nationality party profession parents birth_date spouse article_title name alma_mater
matutu peter nyamweya milka nyamweya ruth nyamweya nyamweya andrew nyamweya david nyamweya john nyamweya samson 25 september 1995 charles monyenche mary nyaboke james ogendi christopher nyambane paul nyamweya ratemo rebecca masese joyce bochere george omari kenyalyn christian kisii , kenya kenyan democratic party of kenya lawyer louis monoge paul nyamweya 28 december 1927 tabitha moige james nyamweya
 james nyamweya king 's college london
james nyamweya

james nyamweya -lrb- 28 december 1927 - 25 september 1995 -rrb- was a kenyan politician who served in several ministerial , parastatal , and political party leadership positions in both the kenyatta and moi governments from 1965 to 1995 .
he was parliamentary secretary in the ministry of justice and constitutional affairs , assistant minister in the office of the president , minister of state in charge of external affairs foreign minister , minister of state in charge of provincial administration , leader of government business in parliament , minister for works , minister for power and communication , minister for labour , chairman electoral boundaries commission , and national vice chairman of the democratic party .
nyamweya was born in kisii , kenya , and educated at king 's college london where he got a bachelor of laws degree in 1958 .
he served as a barrister-at-law at lincoln 's inn .
in his lifetime , nyamweya received several awards , titles , and honours .
among these were recognitions from moravian college in pennsylvania , which awarded him a doctorate degree of laws in 1965 , and st. lawrence university in new york , which awarded him an honorary doctorate of political science in 1975 .
president mzee jomo kenyatta also decorated him with two of the highest honours -- elder of the golden heart and member of the burning spear -- for his distinguished service to the country .
he served as the mp of the nyaribari constituency -lrb- now disestablished -rrb- from 1963 to 1976 , representing the kanu party .
after the multiparty system was revoked in kenya in 1992 , nyamweya led the newly founded democratic party in the kisii area .
his son george omari nyamweya later served as the secretary general of dp .
