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Tragic end as law student coming for funeral dies in Ethiopia crash

Cedric Galia Asiavugwa, 32, who left Washington, USA to travel to Kenya for a funeral in Meru County but died in the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crash on March 10, 2019. PHOTO | COURTESY

What you need to know:

  • His journey home ended tragically when the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 he was travelling crashed.
  • His sister said the family is still fighting to come to terms with the loss.
  • Cedric was the sixth born child in a family of nine children, three girls and six boys.

Cedric Galia Asiavugwa, 32, left Washington, USA, where he had been studying law at Georgetown University to attend a funeral at his wife's home in Nkubu, Meru County.

He was to arrive in Nairobi shortly before 11am Sunday and his family was eagerly waiting for him.