Nderitu Gachagua

{{Short description|Kenyan politician (1952–2017)}}

{{Use Kenyan English|date=January 2023}}

{{EngvarB|date=July 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = 1st Governor of Nyeri County

|term_start = March 2013

|term_end = 24 February 2017

|deputy =Wamathai Samuel Githaiga

|predecessor = Position established

|successor = Wamathai Samuel

|office2 = Member of Parliament for Mathira Constituency

|term_start2 = January 2003

|term_end2 = January 2007

|predecessor2 = Eliud Matu Wamae

|successor2 = Ephraim Mwangi Maina

| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|7|29|df=y}}

|spouse = Margaret Nyokabi

| death_date ={{death date and age|2017|2|24|1953|7|29|df = yes}}

| death_place = London, United Kingdom

}}

James Nderitu Gachagua (29 July 1952 – 24 February 2017) was a Kenyan politician who served as the first governor of Nyeri County having been elected in March 2013 on a GNU party ticket alongside deputy governor, Wamathai Samwel Githaiga. Nderitu studied Building Economics at the University of Nairobi. Before becoming governor, he served as the Member of Parliament for Mathira constituency.{{cite web|last=KANYI|first=WAMBUGU|title=Kenya: MCA Accuses Gachagua|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201403070641.html|work=The Star|accessdate=4 May 2014}}He is the elder brother of former Deputy President of Kenya Rigathi Gachagua.

Gachagua died on 24 February 2017 at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London while undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |title = Governor Gachagua is dead|url = https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001230544/nyeri-governor-nderitu-gachagua-is-dead |work = The Standard|accessdate = 24 February 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/02/24/video-nyeri-governor-nderitu-gachagua-dies-from-cancer_c1513125|title=[VIDEO] Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua dies from cancer|newspaper=The Star, Kenya|access-date=2017-02-25|language=en}}