Wilfred Gisuka Machage (10 August 1956 – 19 February 2022) was a Kenyan politician.

Biography

Machage 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

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, where he was also an ex-officio member of the

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. In 2007 he was the Democratic Party candidate and was elected to represent the Kuria Constituency in the

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in the December 2007 parliamentary election. He has also served as Assistant Minister of Home Affairs' Office of Vice President, Office of the President, Health, and Roads. 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.

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on 27 January 2018. Machage was the Kenyan high commissioner to

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and accredited to 12 other countries in central and west Africa. He died in

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on 19 February 2022, at the age of 65.

References

1956 births 2022 deaths Members of the Senate of Kenya Democratic Party (Kenya) politicians Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) University of Nairobi alumni People from Migori County {{Kenya-politician-stub