Kenya: MPs Give CS Juma 10 Days to Report Back on Dual Citizen Mwende Mwinzi

13 September 2019

Nairobi — A Parliamentary Committee has given Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma 10 days to write a formal communication to Parliament whether the nominee for High Commission post in Seoul, South Korea Mwende Mwinzi has renounced her US citizenship.

Mwinzi, who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta and subsequently vetted by the National Assembly Defense and Foreign Relations Committee, is both a Kenyan and US citizen, a predicament that has placed her at odds with the legislators.

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