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Monica Juma

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Monica Juma
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipKenya Edit
Name wey dem give amMonica Edit
Family nameJuma Edit
Ein date of birth1954 Edit
Place dem born amKenya Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationpolitician, minister Edit
EmployerNational Defense University Edit
Position eholdMinister of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, Minister of Defence of Kenya, Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Edit
Educate forUniversity of Oxford, University of Nairobi Edit

Monica Kathina Juma CBS, EGH, MBS (born 26 September 1963) be Kenyan diplomat wey currently dey serve as National Security Advisor to President William Ruto.[1] She serve before as Cabinet Secretary for Defence insyd the cabinet of President Uhuru Kenyatta.[2][3]

Early life den education

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Juma study for University of Nairobi where she do ein Bachelors of Arts and Masters of Arts for Government and Public Administration. She go University of Oxford for Certificate in Refugee Studies, and na there she get her PhD for Politics.

Diplomatic career

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Juma get long career for diplomatic service. She don serve as Kenya’s concurrent ambassador to Ethiopia, Djibouti, African Union, de Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), den de United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), wey dey based for Addis Ababa.[4]

Political career

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Juma serve as Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Foreign Affairs from January 2016 reach February 2018.[5]

She serve as Principal Secretary for State Department of Interior, insyd Ministry of Interior and also Coordination of National Government.

Before she serve for Ministry of Interior, Juma don serve as Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Defence already.[6][7]

For 23 May 2024, Juma be one of de guests wey dem invite for di state dinner wey U.S. President Joe Biden host in honor of President William Ruto for White House.[8]

Oda activities

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Juma be senior research fellow for Department of Political Science at University of Pretoria for South Africa. She still be adjunct faculty member for African Centre for Strategic Studies, wey dey National Defense University for Washington, D.C., United States of America. She wrep den publish plenty work on di subjects wey she specialize in.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ MAKONG, BRUHAN (2022-09-27). "President Ruto Retains Monica Juma in New Cabinet Appointments". Capital News (in American English). Retrieved 2026-03-05.
  2. ↑ "President Ruto Retains Monica Juma In New Cabinet Appointments". Capital News. 27 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Duncan Miriri and Omar Mohammed (14 January 2020), Kenya's president reshuffles cabinet amid rift with deputy president Reuters.
  4. ↑ Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2016). "Ambassador Monica Juma, DPhil, CBS, Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "FORMER MINISTERS – FOREIGN AFFAIRS | KENYA" (in American English). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  6. ↑ "Our History – Ministry of Defence – Kenya". mod.go.ke. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  7. ↑ Duncan Miriri (August 2014), Kenyan intelligence boss, under fire over Islamist attacks, quits Reuters.
  8. ↑ Kim, Minho (2024-05-23). "The Full Guest List for Biden's State Dinner With Kenya". The New York Times (in American English). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  9. ↑ Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2016). "Ambassador Monica Juma, DPhil, CBS, Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs". Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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