Angeline Kavindu Musili
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Angeline Kavindu Musili is a diplomat who became the Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the Nordics and Baltic countries. She was accreditted in different countries in 2023 becoming the first ever Kenyan ambassador to Latvia and she received the Order of the Burning Spear.
Life
Musili was born in the town of Machakos in Kenya.
Musili became a diplomat in July, 1987. 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.{{Cite web |last=MWANGI |first=IRENE |date=2025-01-16 |title=MPs Committee Faults Government Over Ambassadorial Nomination Lapses |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2025/01/mps-committee-faults-government-over-ambassadorial-nomination-lapses/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Capital News |language=en-US}} They interviewed 27 candidates in November 2023 to be sent to different countries and three others were questioned on the same day as her. They wanted to be reassured of their suitability and their priorities{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Mount Kenya |date=2023-11-01 |title=Ambassadorial Nominees Out To Task By Defence, Intelligence And Foreign Relations Committee |url=https://mountkenyatimes.co.ke/ambassadorial-nominees-out-to-task-by-defence-intelligence-and-foreign-relations-committee/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=The Mount Kenya Times |language=en-GB}} and that they were willing to accept the position. Musili said that her prioriries included the plight of the people living in slums on Kenya. She hoped to assist in improving their health, their water and their sanitation.
File:Amb. Margaret M. Otteskov at Connecting AMR, Gender, and Equity at the Nordic–African Women’s Health Forum.jpg, Rwandan Ambassador, Sylvia Naa Adaawa Annoh, Ambassador of Ghana and Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, Ambassador of Zimbabwe]]
The candidates names were reported to parliament for their approval. She was appointed as an ambassador and she was based in Stockholm where she was the Ambassador to Sweden. The King of Sweden received her accreditation in February 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-28 |title=Presentation of Credentials, 21st February, 2024 – Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Stockholm |url=https://kenyaembassystockholm.com/index.php/2024/02/28/presentation-of-credentials-21-february-2024/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=The Ambassador – Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Stockholm |url=https://kenyaembassystockholm.com/index.php/about-us/the-ambassador/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=State Secretary Andžejs Viļumsons receives an accreditation visit from the Ambassador of Kenya {{!}} Ārlietu ministrija |url=https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/state-secretary-andzejs-vilumsons-receives-accreditation-visit-ambassador-kenya |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.mfa.gov.lv |language=en}} In March 2024 a mobile embassy was proposed, moving to different countries to supply a consular service to support the Kenyan diaspora.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=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 |url=https://kenyaembassystockholm.com/index.php/2024/03/04/tentative-programme-for-the-proposed-mobile-consular-services-for-kenyan-diaspora-in-the-nordics-and-the-baltics/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=en-US}} At the end on 2023 the President of Kenya awarded Musili with the Order of the Burning Spear in recognition of her service.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=List of Kenyans conferred with State awards, honours during 2023 Jamhuri Day celebrations |url=https://k24.digital/uncategorized/kenyans-conferred-with-state-honours |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=K24 Digital |language=en}}
In October 2024 she participated in the Nordic-African Women’s Health Forum organised by the
International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions. She discussed "delivering for women’s and children’s well-being" with other delegates who included other notable Nordic-African women ambassadors including Margaret M. Otteskov of Uganda, Rwanda's Diane Gashumba and Zimbabwe's Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga.{{Cite web |last=Cassan |first=Julie |date=2024-10-17 |title=Connecting AMR, Gender, and Equity at the Nordic–African Women’s Health Forum |url=https://icars-global.org/connecting-amr-gender-and-equity-at-the-nordic-african-womens-health-forum/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=ICARS |language=en-US}}
Musili also became Kenya's first ever ambassador to Latvia and she went to get accredited in September 2024. In December she met the King of Norway who accepted her accreditation for his country.{{Cite web |last=Affairs |first=Ministry of Foreign |date=2024-12-05 |title=New ambassadors from Kenya and Mongolia |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/new-ambassadors-from-kenya-and-mongolia/id3077902/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Government.no |language=en-GB}} She was not the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Finland. There was a long diplomatic history in Finland with the first Kenyan ambassador there in 1977.{{Cite web |title=History of representation in Kenya |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/ken/history-of-representation-in-kenya |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Finland abroad: Kenya |language=en-US}}
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Category:People from Machakos County
Category:Kenyan women ambassadors
Category:Ambassadors to Finland
Category:Ambassadors to Norway
Category:Ambassadors to Sweden