Raychelle Omamo

Raychelle Awour Omamo (born July 1962) is a Kenyan lawyer and politician. She serves as the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs.[1] Previously, she served as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence for 7 years in the Uhuru Kenyatta administration, the first female in the country to hold the post. [2][3]

Raychelle Omamo
Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
14 January 2020
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Preceded byMonica Juma
Cabinet Secretary for Defence
In office
15 May 2013 – 14 January 2020
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Preceded byMohamed Yusuf Haji
Succeeded byMonica Juma
Personal details
Born (1962-07-06) July 6, 1962
NationalityKenyan
Alma materUniversity of Kent
ProfessionAdvocate
ReligionChristian

Omamo studied law at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. She is a Senior Counsel and an Advocate of the High Court for 27 years. She was the first female chairperson of the Law Society of Kenya from 2001 to 2003 after serving as a council member from 1996 to 2000 and Kenyan first female ambassador to France, Portugal, The Holy See and Serbia as well as the Permanent Delegate of the Kenya to UNESCO. She was a member of the Task Force on the Establishment of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission for Kenya.[4]

References
  1. "Uhuru reshuffles Cabinet - VIDEO".
  2. "Kenya". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. Raychelle Omamo (25 April 2013). "Raychelle Omamo CV". Nairobi: Kenya State House. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  4. "Profile: Raychelle Omamo". Daily Nation. 25 April 2013.


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