Former Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Commissioner Roselyn Akombe (R) alongside current officials at past. [Photo|Parliament of Kenya]Roselyn Akombe has been promoted at the United Nations.The former Kenya's Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Commissioner is now the Director-level Chief of Policy Planning and Guidance at the UN.Prior and during her time as IEBC Commissioner, Akombe served at the UN Department of Political Affairs.According to opposition leader Raila Odinga's Adviser Salim Lone, the rare recognition by UN will give Akombe some additional protection."Despite "almost violent opposition" from the Kenya Mission (as UN insider put it), Roselyn Akombe just got a promotion to even more senior position in UN Dept of Political Affairs. UN promotions are rare. This recognition by UN will give Roselyn some additional protection too," Lone said on Thursday morning.Lone who is the former director of news and media division at the UN also said Akombe's new job posts many responsibilities including preparing conflict-prevention measures in countries and regions facing turmoil around the world. "This requires working not just with governments but civil society and other groups who are vital to restoring or ensuring peace," he said.Akombe resigned from IEBC a week to the fresh October 26, 2017 presidential election, saying IEBChad been compromised.She fled to New York from Dubai where she had gone to supervise election materials."The level Roselyn is now at is a senior one with significant input into formulating overall UN strategies and policies, all the more so since she is working in the political arena," concluded Lone.

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