List of ambassadors of Kenya to France explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	Kenya to France
Incumbent:	Lazarus Ombai Amayo
Inaugural:	Simon Thuo Kairo

The Kenyan Ambassador in Paris is the official representative of the Government in Nairobi to the Government of France. As of 2020, she is concurrently also accredited in Lisbon, Belgrade and the Holy See.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agreement/designated/Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	President of Kenya	List of presidents of France	Term end
	Josephat Karanja		Jomo Kenyatta	Charles de Gaulle
	Henry Nzioka Mulli		Jomo Kenyatta	Georges Pompidou
		Chargé d'affaires (18 October 2001 at Kenyatta National Hospital) 1991 Chargé d'affaires in Harare.	Jomo Kenyatta	Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
	Nicholas Muratha Mugo		Jomo Kenyatta	Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
	John Muriu Kiboi	Chargé d'affaires	Jomo Kenyatta	Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
	Moses Shiverenje Simani	Chargé d'affaires, (*1930 Kiamosi) High Commissioner in India and Ottawa^[1]	Daniel Arap Moi	Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
	Bethuel Abdu Kiplagat	(*), Kapsabet, Nandi District, Kenya Educated Maseno Secondary School BSc, Kenyan sociologist, diplomat. married, three 1962-1963: Kenya Institute of Administration. 1963-1964: Oxford University Public Administration Course. 1965: Carnegie Course in Diplomacy K.I.A.^[2]	Daniel Arap Moi	Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
	John Kamau Kimani		Daniel Arap Moi	François Mitterrand
	Ben Edward Mwangi		Daniel Arap Moi	François Mitterrand
	Julius Kasyoka Mbaluli	Chargé d'affaires^[3]	Daniel Arap Moi	François Mitterrand
	Simon Arap Bullut		Daniel Arap Moi	François Mitterrand
	Steven Arphaxard Kasumi Andrew Loyatum		Daniel Arap Moi	Jacques Chirac
	Boaz Kidiga Mbaya		Daniel Arap Moi	Jacques Chirac
	Raychelle Omamo	Chargé d'affaires	Mwai Kibaki	Jacques Chirac
	Edwin Maloba	Chargé d'affaires	Mwai Kibaki	Nicolas Sarkozy
	Elkanah Odembo	^[4]	Mwai Kibaki	Nicolas Sarkozy
	Edwin Maloba	Chargé d'affaires	Mwai Kibaki	Nicolas Sarkozy
	Dickson Njoli		Mwai Kibaki	Nicolas Sarkozy
	Salama Abdilahi Ahmed	^[5]	Mwai Kibaki	Nicolas Sarkozy
	Anthony Safari Gona	Chargé d'affaires	Mwai Kibaki	François Hollande
	H.E Professor Judi Wakhungu EGH	Chargé d'affaires	Uhuru Kenyatta	Emmanuel Macron	at least 2022

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Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=M0k_AQAAIAAJ&q=%22SIMANI,+Moses+Shiverenje%3B+bornl930,+Kiamosi%3B+educated+Maseno+Secondary+School%3B+Kenya+Institute+of%22 Moses Shiverenje Simani
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=MRpsAgAAQBAJ&dq=Kiplagat,+Bethuel+kenyan+diplomatist&pg=PT289 Bethuel Abdu Kiplagat
3. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001530/153015eo.pdf Julius Kasyoka Mbaluli
4. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020814185&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id Elkanah Odembo
5. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000023182340 Salama Abdilahi Ahmed
6. Embassy of Kenya Paris, http://www.kenyaembassyparis.org/fr/2010, Holy See http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/dipl__korps.htm