President William Ruto has made a correction in the announced changes in the nation’s Cabinet, foreign service and State corporations. State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohammed clarified that the correct designation for the Ambassador-designate to the Republic of Zimbabwe is Amb. Gertrude Angote, not Dorothy Angote as indicated in the State House dispatch.
“Amb. Gertrude N. Angote is currently serving as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and has now been reassigned to the Republic of Zimbabwe,” Mohammed said.
She was appointed as Permanent Representative UNEP in May 2024.
This means that former Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba has replaced her.
Gertrude N. Angote Profile
Angote is the Project Coordinator, International Labour Organization (ILO)-All Hands in Kenya Project.
She is responsible for improving compliance with International Labour Standards and Acceptable Conditions of Work vide overall project planning, implementation and delivery of all planned outputs.
The project is funded by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL); Office of Trade and Labor Affairs (OTLA) and runs from December 2020 to December 2024.
Angote has over 13 years of national and international experience in capacity development, law and policy for human development as Senior-Level Legal Advisor, Legislative Drafter and Programmes Manager through the ILO, UNDP, CSO and government development approaches.
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Experience Kituo cha Sheria
Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Kituo cha Sheria (Legal Advice Center) and part-time Lecturer at the Kenya School of Law.
She served as Chair, coordinating the public interest, human rights and legal aid committee of the Law Society of Kenya (4-years) and until 2017, as governance council for Council of Legal Education.
Earlier in her career, Angote was a litigating counsel at Mutuli & Apopo and later at Kasamani & Co Advocates.
She later worked with Human Rights Network-Uganda as Human Rights Officer.
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Big Cases Won
Angote has also served as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya for 14 years, securing several significant judgments on social and economic rights.
These include the 2019 J. Mwongeli v S Ltd case, where the Employment and Labour Relations Court awarded Ksh1.5 million in compensation for employment discrimination based on visual disability.
Other petitions include the first-ever refugee case, representing 26 Somali mothers and children detained at airports in Kenya and Uganda; and the landmark decision granting prisoners in Kenya the right to vote.
Education
She holds a master’s degree in law, Governance and Democracy from the University of Nairobi and Post Graduate Diplomas from the Kenya School of Law and University of Washington.
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