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Britain names Jane Marriott as first woman envoy to Kenya

Ms Jane Marriott has been appointed as the British High Commissioner to Kenya. PHOTO | COURTESY | BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION, NAIROBI

By  ANITA CHEPKOECH

The United Kingdom (UK) government has for the first time appointed a woman as a British High Commissioner to Kenya.

Ms Jane Marriott, the director of UK government’s Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit, was Thursday announced as a successor of the outgoing envoy Nic Hailey.

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