President Uhuru Kenyatta has condoled with the family, relatives and friends of Kenya’s High Commissioner to Nigeria Dr Wilfred Gisuka Machage who died on Saturday afternoon.
Dr Machage, a two-term Kuria East MP, Migori Senator and former Cabinet Minister, is reported to have collapsed and died suddenly at his home in Abuja, Nigeria.
In his condolence message, the President eulogised the departed Machage, 65, as a seasoned politician, consummate diplomat and committed public servant who served the country with distinction and utmost dedication
As the envoy to Nigeria, Dr Machage was also accredited to Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, Togo, Niger and six other countries in Central and West Africa.
Dr Machage was appointed to the position by President Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2018, prior to which he served as an elected Senator for Migori County.
He joined politics in 2002 when he won a parliamentary seat to represent the then Kuria Constituency. He retained his seat in 2007, before running for the Senate position, under the new Constitution that created counties in 2013.
In 2017, he lost his seat, after which he receded from politics before taking up the ambassadorial role .
