Captain Barbra Wangeci Kamau, the pilot who was steering the ill-fated FlySax aircraft that crashed in the Aberdares has been committed to mother earth on 14th June in Kiambu, Kenya. 

Barbra became a captain in September 2017. She and First Officer Jean Mureithi were killed when the plane hit a hillside in the Aberdares. The women were among 10 people who perished in the plane crash.

Family and close friends paid tribute to Barbra Wangeci Kamau during the mass at St. Paul's University Chapel last Thursday.

Barbra Wangeci Kamau recently revealed that she was planning her wedding to fiancé, Austin Mumyalo Mbalo. The pair started dating in 2016 after they had been friends for several years.

According to her eulogy, the two had shared the best and happiest two years of their lives and were in the process of making their union official to family and friends when she met her death.

Her fiancé shared their memories in a beautiful poem he called the purple flower, which he attributed to the fact that she loved the colour purple: