This afternoon, Minister of Trade and Industry Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze hosted the outgoing Rwandan High Commissioner to Ghana, Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, who was recently appointed to head the UN mission in Somalia.
Minister Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze congratulated Aisa Kirabo Kacyira for the appointment and thanked her for the close collaboration during her previous assignment, noting the progress made in bilateral trade and economic diplomacy and AfCFTA engagement.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 23 February 2023 announced the appointment of Aisa Kirabo Kacyira of Rwanda as Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS).
Since 2020, Ms. Kacyira has served as the resident High Commissioner to the Government of Ghana and non-resident representative to Benin, Togo, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia.
Prior to that, Ms. Kacyira served as Governor of the Eastern Province (2011), Rwanda’s largest province, and as Executive Mayor of Kigali (2006-2011). Between 2003 and 2006, she served as a Member of Parliament.
Ms. Kacyira holds a Master of Veterinarian Science in Animal Production and Economics from James Cook University in Australia, and a Bachelor of Veterinarian Medicine from Makerere University in Uganda.