: Boeing has finally compensated a Kenyan living in Canada who lost five family members in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash that rocked the world.

Njoroge lost his 33-year-old wife, Carolyne mother-iin-law Ann Karanja, as well as three children: Ryan, 6, Kelli, who was four, and Rubi, who was nine months old.

Speaking to Reuters, Njoroge's law firm Cliffor said that he had been compensated but did not divulge the money that was shared with the man who lost much than most people can bear.

At the time, the 41-year-old was heartbroken but tried his best to deal with the grief that had visited his family.

During the burial service of the five held in Bahati, Nakuru, he said he refused to bury soil from the scene of the horrific crash, but would instead hold a prayer service for his family as he awaited DNA results.

A staunch Seventh-day Adventist, Njoroge said burying the soil of his family members would contradict his religious beliefs.

The trial involving Boeing was to start on Monday in U.S. District Court based in Chicago and would have been the first against the US-based planemaker from two fatal 737 MAX crashes that occurred in 2018 and 2019. Collectively, the two accidents killed 346 people.

In April, the company averted another trial when it settled with the families of two other victims who were involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash.

Robbert Clifford, Njoroge's attorney, is set to start representing the families of six more victims on November 3.

So far, Boeing has settled more than 90% of the lawsuits that resulted from the two accidents and paid billions of dollars in compensation while at it.

Accoriding to the company, there was also a deferred prosecution agreement and other payments.

Earlier this month, Boeing and the U.S. Justice Department asked a judge to approve an agreement that would allow the company to avoid prosecution, over objections from the relatives of some victims of the two crashes.

The agreement would enable the plane maker to avoid being seen as a convicted felon and escape oversight from an independent monitor for three years.

It was part of a plea deal struck in 2024 to a criminal fraud charge that it misled U.S. regulators about a crucial flight 737 MAX control system, which contributed to the crashes.

The planemaker has since declined to comment on the latest settlement. The two accidents caused a 20-month grounding of Boeing's best-selling jet and cost the company more than KSh 2-6 trillion ($20 billion).

In another story, Kenyans mourned the death of journalist Anthony Ngare, who was one of the 32 Kenyans who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines' plane crash.

Ngare was a veteran sports journalist who was admired by many, his moving to NEMA notwithstanding.

Unknown to many people, Ngare was also a loving and caring father to an angelic daughter. A month to his demise, the beautiful girl identified as Sandrine wrote the scribe an emotional birthday message that left him in tears.

Source: TUKO.co.ke