Angeline Kavindu Musili
Angeline Kavindu Musili | |
|---|---|
| Born | Machakos, Kenya |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Known for | Ambassadorship to Nordic countries |
Angeline Kavindu Musili is a diplomat who became the Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the Nordics and Baltic countries. In 2023, she became the first Kenyan ambassador to Latvia, for which she received the Order of the Burning Spear from the Kenyan government.
Life
Musili was born in Machakos, Kenya.[1] She became a diplomat in July 1987,[1] with her first position as secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and later served at High Commission of Kenya in Harare and Cairo.[2] She worked as part of the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs and she was put forward as a candidate to serve as an ambassador. She had led the Ministry's Americas and Caribbean Directorate from May 2022. She was a prospective ambassador and plenipotentiary and she was interrogated by the Defence, Intelligence And Foreign Relations Committee which was chaired by Nelson Koech.[3]
They interviewed 27 candidates in November 2023. Musili's stated she wanted t o improve the health, water, and sanitation of those living in Kenyan slums.[3]
The candidates names were reported to parliament for their approval.[4] She was appointed as an ambassador to Sweden and worked in Stockholm. The King of Sweden received her accreditation in February 2024.[1][5][6] In March 2024, she proposed a mobile embassy to supply a consular service in support of the wider Kenyan diaspora.[7] At the end on 2023 the President of Kenya awarded Musili with the Order of the Burning Spear in recognition of her service.[8]
In October 2024 she participated in the Nordic-African Women’s Health Forum organised by the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions. She discussed wellbeing for women and children with other delegates including Nordic-African women ambassadors such as Margaret M. Otteskov of Uganda, Rwanda's Diane Gashumba and Zimbabwe's Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga.[9]
Musili also became Kenya's first ever ambassador to Latvia and she went to get accredited in September 2024.[6] In December she met the King of Norway who accepted her accreditation.[10] She was not the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Finland; the first Kenyan ambassador to Finland was appointed in 1977.[11]
References
- ^ a b c "The Ambassador | H.E. Ambassador Angeline K. Musili, MBS". Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Stockholm. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ Owino, Samwel (2023-11-05). "President Ruto banks on bureaucrats not cronies for envoy jobs". Sunday Nation. Nairobi. ProQuest 2887359414.
- ^ a b Mwangi, Irene (2025-01-16). "MPs Committee Faults Government Over Ambassadorial Nomination Lapses". Capital News. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ "Ambassadorial Nominees Out To Task By Defence, Intelligence And Foreign Relations Committee". The Mount Kenya Times. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ "Presentation of Credentials, 21st February, 2024 – Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Stockholm". 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ a b "State Secretary Andžejs Viļumsons receives an accreditation visit from the Ambassador of Kenya | Ārlietu ministrija". www.mfa.gov.lv. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ "Tentative Programme for The Proposed Mobile Consular Services For Kenyan Diaspora in The Nordics And The Baltics – Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Stockholm". 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ "List of Kenyans conferred with State awards, honours during 2023 Jamhuri Day celebrations". K24 Digital. 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
- ^ Cassan, Julie (2024-10-17). "Connecting AMR, Gender, and Equity at the Nordic–African Women's Health Forum". ICARS. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ Affairs, Ministry of Foreign (2024-12-05). "New ambassadors from Kenya and Mongolia". Government.no. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ "History of representation in Kenya". Finland abroad: Kenya. Retrieved 2025-04-10.