Ambassador Amina Mohammed

This is an iron lady. I sat down today and listened to her press briefing about the AU meetings and I can tell you, she is a boss.
Amina has a way of speaking, when she talks, you listen. Her voice, drunk with authority, her lips curving and shaping the words that hit your ears like thunder with excitement. You can't help but wait for the more words to come.
With very high diplomatic skills, Amina Mohammed is just the woman for the job, you see ambassador Amina has a way of answering questions that even journalists themselves aren't able to trap her.
Listening to her answering questions today I would only laugh quietly to myself. She has got the right words for the moment. I would only pity the helpless journalists.
Ambassador Amina does not answer your question, she makes you think she has. But the funny thing is that even the journalists themselves don't realise this, and even if they do they don't say.
So what is the magic and the charm behind this diplomat?
Born and Brought up in Kakamega county, Amalemba constituency. She attended her primary education just around the county. She later went to Butere girls for high school education, after which she attended highlands school. She won a scholarship to study international law in Ukraine and that my good people, is how the road started, say starting from the bottom.
But What makes her so outstanding? Many things. This lady, who is fluent in more than five languages including Russian and French is a lot of every thing. She has working experience of more than 25 years in the international arena, 26 years precisely, and I can tell you in every place she has been, she has left marks.
It's a no wonder therefore that this 52 year old has many honours and awards to her name including The National Award of Chief of Burning Spear(CBS).
She has worked in various ministries as a permanent secretary before becoming the cabinet secretary in the Uhuru administration in the early quarter of this year.
In the ministry of justice, Amina did a lot for the country, she supervised drafting, negotiation national referendum and promulgation of the new constitution in 2008 to 2010.
In the ministry of foreign affairs Ambassador Amina was instrumental in restructuring, reforming and rationalising the ministry and also other missions abroad.
At the UNEP, Ambassador Amina spearhead the UNEP medium term strategy and programmes.
At the world trade organisation (WTO) Amina did among other things drafting and interpretation of international trade treaties and not forgetting representing Kenya's interests at the WTO.
So what is unique about this mother of two,who balances between being a mother, a wife and a diplomat?
It is no surprise that even my kind, the fourth estate, find it a nightmare to pin her down.
She is really an inspiration to many including myself.