# Wilfred Machage

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**Wilfred Gisuka Machage** (10 August 1956 – 19 February 2022) was a [Kenyan](/source/Kenyan) politician.

## Biography

Machage was first elected as Member of Parliament to represent the [Kuria Constituency](/source/Kuria_Constituency) in 2002. He served in several government ministries as an assistant minister and was at one time appointed a cabinet minister for [East African Community Affairs](/source/East_African_Community), Bank accounts held at [Kenya Commercial Bank](/source/Kenya_Commercial_Bank), where he was also an ex-officio member of the [East African Legislative Assembly](/source/East_African_Legislative_Assembly). In 2007, he was the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_of_Kenya) candidate and was elected to represent the Kuria Constituency in the December [2007 Kenya parliamentary election](/source/2007_Kenyan_general_election).[1] He 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](/source/Migori_County) serving from 2012 to 2017. He was a businessman with interests in different sectors globally. He was appointed Ambassador by H.E. [Uhuru Kenyatta](/source/Uhuru_Kenyatta) on 27 January 2018. Machage was the Kenyan high commissioner to [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) and accredited to 12 other countries in [central](/source/Central_Africa) and [west Africa](/source/West_Africa). He died in [Abuja](/source/Abuja) on 19 February 2022, at the age of 65.[3]

## References

1. [Members of the 10th Parliament](http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080616160507/http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php) 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.

1. [Kenya: Battling malaria in western region](http://www.irinnews.org/report/59642/kenya-battling-malaria-in-western-region), [IRIN](/source/The_New_Humanitarian), July 13, 2006; retrieved August 23, 2013

1. Njeru, Betty & Nyarangi, Edwin (19 February 2022). ["Kenya's High Commissioner to Nigeria Wilfred Machage dead"](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/africa/article/2001438056/kenyas-high-commissioner-to-nigeria-wilfred-machage-dead). *The Standard*. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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