Josephine Ojiambo

Josephine Ojiambo (born 1961) was a Kenyan ambassador to the United Nations who served as a deputy secretary general.of the Commonwealth.

Life

Ojiambo served within various ministries before she began working as the Kenyan ambassador to the United Nations. She was serving as the UN's Head of External Relations when she was recruited and appointed by Kamalesh Sharma as one of the three deputy secretary generals of the Commonwealth. She succeeded Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba. She expected to serve for two terms but at the end of the first term the concept of three deputies was abolished and her contract was not renewed. She sued and won a case for unfair dismissal. Moreover, her claim that she had been sidelined by the new secretary general was upheld.