Kenya’s High Commissioner passes away after collapsing during lunch

Wilfred Gisuka Machage, Kenya’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, has died at the age of 65.

Machage, it was learned, collapsed and died on Saturday at his Abuja home.

According to a news report from the Associated Press, the deceased envoy’s twin brother, Sospeter Magita, a former Kenyan ambassador to Russia, revealed over the phone that Gisuka died after eating lunch.

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“It is a very sad moment that I have today lost my best friend and confidant,” Magita said of his brother Gisuka, who had been in relatively good health.
He further revealed that his brother died while in the company of his wife, whom he had been living together with in Nigeria.

Machage, a former Senator was appointed as ambassador by President Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2018.

He was also a former legislator, first elected into Parliament in 2002, representing Kuria constituency. He was re-elected in 2007 on a Democratic party ticket.

Machage also served as Migori County Senator from 2013-2017.

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He had previously held the East African Community Affairs docket as Cabinet minister and assistant minister of Home Affairs in the office of the Vice President.