Mwende Mwinzi when she appeared before National Assembly Committee on Defense and Foreign Relations on May 28, 2019 for vetting after being nominated for the position of ambassador to South Korea. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTEMwende Mwinzi when she appeared before National Assembly Committee on Defense and Foreign Relations on May 28, 2019 for vetting after being nominated for the position of ambassador to South Korea. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTETwo years after her appointment by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s Ambassador to South Korea, Kenyan-American Mwende Mwinzi has finally taken up her position. Ms Mwinzi presented her credentials to South Korea President Moon Jae-In during a ceremony at the presidential office in Seoul on Wednesday, marking the beginning of her tenure as Kenya’s representative in the Asian country. But the High Court ruled that Ms Mwende cannot be forced to renounce her US citizenship to take up the post.

Source: Daily Nation February 18, 2021 06:00 UTC