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New diplomats ordered to cut extravagance in embassies
Karanja Kibicho, the principal secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, during the release of the 2014 Trade and Development Report on September 11, 2014. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
The new ambassadors:
Prof Sam Ongeri - UN Habitat
Mr Chirau Ali Mwakwere - Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Mr Robinson Githae - Washington, DC, USA
Mr Kiema Kilonzo - Ankara, Turkey
Mr Richard Opembe - Dublin, Ireland
Mr Mohammud Mohamed - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ms Lucy Chelimo - Ottawa, Canada
Dr George Masafu - Kinshasa, DRC
Prof Julius Bitok - Khartoum, Sudan
Mr Joseph Magut - Berlin, Germany
Mr Isaac Njenga - Windhoek, Namibia
Sheikh Mohammed Dor - Muscat, Oman
Ms Sophie Kadzo Kombe - Lusaka, Zambia
Major-General (Rtd) Jeoff Otieno - Cairo, Egypt
Dr Stephen Ndungu Karau - Geneva, Switzerland
Ms Rukia Subow - Tehran, Iran
Mr Mohamed Gello - Seoul, Korea
Ms Jean Kamau - Bangkok, Thailand
Mr Josephat Maikara - Luanda, Angola
Mr Lazarus Ombayi Amayo - London, United Kingdom
Mr John Lanyasunya - Algiers, Algeria
Mr Solomon Karanja Maina - Tokyo, Japan
Mr Ali Abbas - Kuwait City, Kuwait
Mr Richard Lemoshira - Harare, Zimbabwe
Prof George Godia - Unesco
Newly appointed diplomats have been ordered to change the “bad habits” of extravagant expenditure by foreign missions.
Foreign Affairs PS Karanja Kibicho on Wednesday told the 25 new ambassadors in Nairobi that embassies have been taking advantage of the distance from check systems to dodge filing returns of their expenditure.
