Kenyan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

The Kenyan high commissioner in London is the official representative of the government in Nairobi to the government of the United Kingdom.

High Commissioner of Kenya to the United Kingdom
Incumbent Manoah Esipisu since November 14, 2018
Inaugural holder	Josephat Karanja
Formation	1963

List

Commissioned	High Commissioner	Observations	President of Kenya	Term end
1963	Josephat Karanja	[1]	Jomo Kenyatta	1970
1970	Ngethe Njoroge	Ng'ethe Njoroge was appointed Kenya's high commissioner in London. Njoroge was the brother of Njoroge Mungai, the minister for foreign affairs, and a relative of Kenyatta.[2]		1978
1978	Shadrack Kimalel		Daniel arap Moi	1981
1981	Bethwel Kiplagal			1983
1983	Benjamin Kipkulei			1986
1986	Sally Kosgei			1991
1991	Simon Bullut			1992
1992	Josephat Ruto
1997	Mwanyengela Ngali	[3]
2000	Nancy Kirui
2005	Joseph Muchemi		Mwai Kibaki
2009	Ephraim Ngare
2014	Lazarus Ombai Amayo	1999-2004 he was high commissioner to India[4][5][6]	Uhuru Kenyatta	2018
2018	Manoah Esipisu

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Source:^[7][8][9]

See also

• List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Kenya

References

1. Maxon, R.M.; Ofcansky, T.P. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Kenya. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8108-7469-5.
2. Diplomatic Directory. Kenya. Protocol Department. 1972.
3. Mwanyengela Ngali
4. Lazarus Ombai Amayo
5. Heads of Mission. Kenya
6. Lazarus Ombai Amayo
7. Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard). 5 October 1993. p. 1819.
8. Steinberg, S. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65: The One-Volume Encyclopedia of all nations. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 550. ISBN 978-0-230-27093-0.
9. Former High Commissioners