Member state
Kenya at the United Nations
- Admitted
- 1963-12-16
- ISO 3166-1
- KE / KEN
- Admitted by
- A/RES/1976 (XVIII)
International organisations
Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.
| Organisation | Joined |
|---|---|
| United Nations | 1963-12-16 |
Service on principal organs
Elected terms as recorded by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A year marked pending is one the Library publishes as a partial list because its elections have not yet been held.
Economic and Social Council
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Human Rights Council
2027 pending 2026 2025 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Security Council
Permanent mission
- Mission
- Permanent Mission of Kenya to the United Nations
- Address
- Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 304, New York, NY 10017
- National holiday
- Independence Day, 12 December
- Accredited diplomats
- 30
Accredited diplomats
- Mr. Martin Kimani Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary / Permanent Representative
- Ms. Njambi Kinyungu Ambassador / Deputy Permanent Representative
- Mr. Michael Kapkiai Kiboino Ambassador / Deputy Permanent Representative (UN Security Council Affairs)
- Mr. Joseph Musyoka Masila Minister
- Mr. John Kyovi Mutua Minister
- Mrs. Jayne Jepkorir Toroitich Minister
- Mr. James Warui Kihwaga Minister Counsellor
- Col. Njoroge Njuguna Gitogo Minister Counsellor / Defense Adviser
- Ms. Stephanie Ngonyo Muigai First Counsellor
- Lt. Col. Roseline Monyeka Momanyi First Counsellor / Deputy Defense Adviser
- Mr. Gideon Kinuthia Ndung'u First Counsellor
- Ms. Lily Mkanjala Mwanjila First Counsellor
- Ms. Catherine Nyaboke Nyakoe First Counsellor
- Mr. Darius Nzangi Mutua Second Counsellor
- Ms. Eva Nthoki Second Counsellor
- Mr. Arthur Ahuya Olanda Counsellor
- Ms. Teresa Wanjiku Mathenge First Secretary
- Mr. Felix Saidimu Kamoiro Second Secretary / Foreign Affairs Officer
- Mr. Emmanuel Kingi Kenga Second Secretary
- Mr. Kamau Kariuki Second Secretary
- Ms. Esther Watana Ndegwa Second Secretary
- Mr. Swabri Ali Abbas Second Secretary
- Ms. Tracy Wanjiru Mbabu Third Secretary
- Ms. Lynn Aurelia Andenyi Mugodo Third Secretary
- Ms. Sarah Asekah Kushindi Attaché
- Ms. Emily Afandi Indumwa Attaché
- Ms. Leocadia Adhiambo Owegi Attaché
- Ms. Belinda Akinyi Ojow Attaché / Records Management Officer
- Mr. Andrew Odhiambo Buop Attaché
- Ms. Margaret Muthoni Kyalo Attaché / Records Management Officer
The numbers
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Since 1970 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO2 emissions per capita | 0.383441 | 2024 | |
| GDP | 1.35941e+11 | 2025 | |
| GNI per capita | 2,200 | 2025 | |
| Life expectancy at birth | 63.834 | 2024 | |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 0.999547 | 2024 | |
| Net official development assistance received | 2.59582e+09 | 2023 | |
| Population | 5.75325e+07 | 2025 | |
| Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) | 617,125 | 2025 | |
| Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) | 13,325 | 2025 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.
General Debate statements
61 statements to the General Debate since 1964, 201,822 words in all. The longest was 1981, at 7,146 words, delivered by Mr. ARAP MOI.
Of the 30 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×13, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×10, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces ×3, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade ×1. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.
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Emblems and location
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Treaties joined
68 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.
Recorded votes
| Resolution | Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| A/RES/80/282 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/286 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/296 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/293 B | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/294 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/293 A | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/297 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/299 | - | yes |
Provenance
Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.
| Attribute | Value | Source | Confidence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iso2 | KE | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-08-26T06:55:17.903005+00:00 |
| iso3 | KEN | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-08-26T06:55:17.903017+00:00 |
| m49 | 404 | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-08-26T06:55:41.135433+00:00 |
| name | Kenya | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-08-26T06:55:17.902980+00:00 |
| un_admission_date | 1963-12-16 | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-08-26T06:55:17.902992+00:00 |
| unsd_name | Kenya | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-08-26T06:55:41.135445+00:00 |
Where this page comes from
- UN General Debate Corpus (Jankin, Baturo & Dasandi) — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN Research Guides (Dag Hammarskjold Library) — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UN Statistics Division SDG Indicators API — CC BY 4.0 · source
- Wikidata — CC0 1.0 · source
- World Bank Open Data — CC BY 4.0 · source