President William Ruto received the credentials of six new envoys to Kenya at State House, Nairobi, on Wednesday.
The new diplomats are Chiranjib Sarker of Bangladesh, retired Lt-General Peter Kakowou Lavahun (Sierra Leone), Ernest Rwamucyo (Rwanda), Anthony Louis Kon (South Sudan), Kan Yaw Kiong (Singapore), and Erika Álvarez Rodríguez (Dominican Republic).
Ambassador Sarker served as Deputy High Commissioner to India before his promotion.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Dhaka University.
Lieutenant-General Lavahun will be Sierra Leone’s third High Commissioner to Kenya and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Nairobi, the UN Environmental Programme, and the UN-Habitat.
Before joining the diplomatic service, he worked in the security sector for more than 30 years, rising to be the Chief of Defence Staff of Sierra Leone’s Armed Forces.
Ambassador Rwamucyo has been promoted to the position of High Commissioner of Rwanda to Kenya, with concurrent accreditation to Somalia and Eritrea.
He is also the Permanent Representative of Rwanda to UNEP and UN-Habitat.
Ambassador Kon is a seasoned diplomat whose distinguished career bridges the histories of both Sudan and South Sudan.
Before the independence of South Sudan, he served as Sudan’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2007 to 2011, with non-resident accreditation to the Republic of Congo Brazzavile.
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