Paul Njoroge, a Kenyan who lost his mother-in-law, wife and three children in the fatal Ethiopian plane crash in 2019 has donated Ksh48.9 million ($446,000) to Pacific Island in Bermuda.
Njoroge says this was a gesture of goodwill for the people of Bermuda for the support they gave him when he lost his entire family.
The Kenyan man was at the time of the crash working as a banker at the Bank of Butterfield in Bermuda.
Njoroge according to Royal Gazette in Bermuda partnered with Jumuiya Ya Afrika for the charity which promotes the African culture and heritage.
“When I lost my family, there was an immediate outpouring of support to me, much from people I did not even know. Those messages of hope gave me strength. It is a sign of love and with that same spirit, in the name of my beloved departed family, I asked that this donation be made,” he said as quoted by the Royal Gazette.
In January, Boeing said it will pay each of the 32 Kenyan families whose kin died the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crash in 2018 Ksh153.3 million ($1.4 million).
Boeing entered into a settlement with the US Justice Department (DOJ), Ribbeck Law Chartered which is representing 88 affected families said in a statement.
“In the settlement agreement, Boeing has agreed to pay $2.5 billion (Sh273.8 billion), $500 million (Sh54.7 million) of which will go to the victims’ families translating into at least $1.4 million per victim to the families,” Manuel von Ribbeck of Ribbeck Law Chartered stated.
Njoroge in 2019 testified before the US House Subcommittee on Aviation faulting Boeing for overlooking the design of the plan which he termed a major flaw.
He said that it was wrong for the manufacturer to blame the pilot of the plane for the crash.
