Uhuru appoints EACC's Michael Mubea as envoy, drops Hassan Wario
Former Sports minister HassanWario at a Milimani Court on March 13, 2019, for the hearing of a case on the embezzlement of funds for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
In changes affecting several women and elevating career diplomats, the President nominated Michael Mubea, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption, as ambassador to Dublin in Ireland.
Mr Mubea will replace Richard Opembe who will move to the Kenyan mission in Madrid, Spain, which had been headed by Severine Luyali.
The changes reflect a proposal that Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma filed in March, to improve implementation of foreign policies.
But they could also represent the desire to change Kenya's image as most of the replacements have occurred in embassies where Kenyans in the diaspora had consistently complained of poor service.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday dropped troubled Hassan Wario from his ambassadorial posting to Austria, and replaced him with Kenya’s envoy to Washington DC, Robinson Njeru Githae.
Dr Wario, once a Sports Cabinet secretary, is fighting to clear his name in Kenyan courts as he was charged with offences related to misappropriation of funds for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
