Dennis Daudi Afande
Denis Daudi Afande (1937-2021) was a long-serving career Kenyan diplomat who held eight ambassadorial positions during his career. Afande joined the public service at Kenya's Independence (1964)[1]. He served as Kenya’s Deputy Chief of Protocol under President Jomo Kenyatta and chief of protocol under President Danial arap Moi. He later served as Kenya’s ambassador to Washington (1988-1994), the United Nations Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, the UK, Germany, France, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Afande retired in 1995 as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health after having also served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Afande was also a member of the Standing Committee on Human Rights, as well as chairman of several public entities, including the Capital Markets Authority, Kenya Power and Lighting Company and the National Council of Children’s Services. He also served as a board member of Kenya Airways, Standard Chartered Bank, Undugu Society and Nyumbani Children’s Home[2].
He was also Kenya's ambassador to Washington in February, 1990, at the time former Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Robert Ouko was murdered near his farmhouse in Koru, Western Kenya, two weeks after President Daniel Moi and a delegation of 83 ministers and civil servants, including the late Dr Robert Ouko, visited Washington D.C. for a ‘Prayer Breakfast’ hosted by President George H. W. Bush[3].
Death
Denis Afande died on Sunday at 11pm at Avenue Hospital in Kisumu. He was aged 84. A month previously he had been hit by a motorbike near his home in Busia as he walked to his local Catholic Church. He was survived by five children and many grandchildren.
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- ^ "World will miss high-flying but humble former envoy Denis Daudi Afande". Nation. 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "Kenyans imparted with unending theories of Ouko's death". The Star. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
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