AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS

H.E President Kibaki

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State House, Nairobi

HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT MWAI KIBAKI OF KENYA HAS APPOINTED THE FOLLOWING AMBASSADORS/HIGH COMMISSIONERS:

1. MRS. MISHI MASIKA MWATSAHU as the new HIGH COMMISSIONER OF KENYA TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN. HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS TOWN CLERK IN MALINDI. CURRENTLY WORKING AS THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING, NAIROBI CITY COUNCIL.

2, MR. ALI ABBAS AS THE NEW AMBASSADOR OF KENYA TO TEHRAN. A CAREER DIPLOMAT CURRENTLY WORKING AS PRINCIPAL COUNSELOR IN THE HIGH COMMISSION, DAR-ES-SALAAM.

3. MR GEORGE OWUOR, PROMOTED TO RANK OF AMBASSADOR. CURRENTLY WORKING AS PRINCIPAL COUNSELLOR IN KENYA MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK. HAS SERVED AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AND COUNSELOR IN WASHINGTON, USA.

4. MR. P. R. O. OWADE, PROMOTED TO RANK OF AMBASSADOR. CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE KENYA MISSION TO THE UNTED NATIONS IN GENEVA AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION. HAS SERVED AS DIRECTOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS, DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN NEW YORK AND COUNSELOR, TOKYO, JAPAN.

5. MR. HARRY MUTUMA KATHURIMA MOVES TO BERLIN AS AMBASSODOR. CURRENTLY SERVING AS KENYA'S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO INDIA. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, LANDS AND SETTLEMENT, AND CHIEF OF PROTOCOL.

6. MR. SOSPETER MAGITA MACHAGE AS THE NEW AMBASSADOR OF KENYA TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. CURRENTLY WORKING AS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF TRANSMARA MEDICARE.

Amb. Francis K. Muthaura, EGH

PERMANENT SECRETARY, SECRETARY TO THE CABINET AND HEAD OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE

20th, April, 2005