Kenya's envoys get green light as MPs raise questions on DRC posting

Labour CS Florence Bore and PS Joseph Motari with Child Society of Kenya distribute relief items to flood victims at Kenya Railway Training Institute, Nairobi, on May 14, 2024. [Samson Wire, Standard]

The National Assembly has approved nine ambassadorial nominees, amid recommendations to have more career diplomats appointed.

The Defence and Foreign Affairs committee, led by Belgut MP Nelson Koech, vetted Florence Bore as High Commissioner to Windhoek, Namibia, Anthony Mwaniki for Ankara, Turkey, Lucy Njeri for Bangkok, Henry Wambuma for Bujumbura, Burundi and Abdirashid Salat Abdille for Jakarta, Indonesia earlier this month.