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Kenyan Sanda Ojiambo gets top job at UN Global Compact

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Sanda Ojiambo during interview at her home in Nairobi on May 22, 2020. Sanda PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  ANITA CHEPKOECH

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Kenyan Sanda Ojiambo as assistant secretary-general of the United Nations Global Compact. 

For the past two years, Ms Ojiambo served as the executive director of the UN Global Compact.

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