Wilfred Gisuka Machage (10 August 1956 – 19 February 2022) was a Kenyan politician.
Wilfred Machage | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Kenyan Senate | |
| In office 28 March 2013 – 2017 | |
| Constituency | Migori County |
| Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
| In office 2003–2013 | |
| Constituency | Kuria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1956 Kenya |
| Died | 19 February 2022 (aged 65) Abuja, Nigeria |
| Political party | Jubilee |
| Relations | Sospeter Machage Twin Brother |
| Residence | Kuria |
| Alma mater | University of Nairobi |
| Profession | Medical Doctor |
| Cabinet | East African Community |
Biography
editMachage was first elected as Member of Parliament to represent the Kuria Constituency in 2002. He has served in several government ministries as an assistant minister and was at one time appointed a cabinet minister for East African Community Affairs, Bank accounts held at Kenya Commercial Bank, where he was also an ex-officio member of the East African Legislative Assembly. In 2007 he was the Democratic Party candidate and was elected to represent the Kuria Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the December 2007 parliamentary election.[1] He has also served as Assistant Minister of Home Affairs' Office of Vice President, Office of the President, Health, and Roads.[2] Machage was elected as the first senator of Migori county in 2012 to 2017. He was a businessman with interests in different sectors globally. He was appointed Ambassador by H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta on 27 January 2018. Machage was the Kenyan high commissioner to Nigeria and accredited to 12 other countries in central and west Africa. He died in Abuja on 19 February 2022, at the age of 65.[3]
References
edit- ^ Members of the 10th Parliament. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
- ^ Kenya: Battling malaria in western region, IRIN, July 13, 2006; retrieved August 23, 2013
- ^ Njeru, Betty; Nyarangi, Edwin (19 February 2022). "Kenya's High Commissioner to Nigeria Wilfred Machage dead". The Standard. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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