Raychelle Omamo

Raychelle Awuor Omamo (born July 1962) is a Kenyan lawyer and diplomat and former Cabinet Minister. She is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. From 2020 to 2022, she was the Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister.

== Early life and education ==

Omamo is a daughter to the late cabinet minister William Odongo Omamo. She studied law at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

== Early career ==

Omamo began her career as a lawyer in private practice and was the first female Chairperson of Law

Society of Kenya from 2001 to 2003 after serving as a Council member. She was conferred with the

rank and privilege of Senior Counsel in 2012. She was a member of the Task Force on the

Establishment of the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission for Kenya.

Omamo was Kenya's first female ambassador to France with accreditation to Spain, Portugal, The

Holy See and Serbia as well as the Permanent Delegate of the Kenya to UNESCO.

== Political career ==

Omamo served as the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Previously, she served as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence for 7 years in the Uhuru Kenyatta administration, the first female in the country to hold the post. She also served as the Acting Cabinet...