Yvonne Khamati (born c. 1982), is a Kenyan politician who was nominated to the East African Legislative Assembly as Member of Parliament by Ford Kenya Party (and the Kenya National Assembly) aged 21 and a diplomat who was appointed by President Mwai Kibaki to serve as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to Ethiopia and African Union at 24.
[1] She has served in the past, as the Chair of the Committee of Permanent Representatives and Rapporteur of the African Diplomatic Corp, in the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She earned a Diploma in Sociology & Criminology, a Diploma in Political Science & International Relations, A Bachelor of Business Administration from San Juan de La Cruz University (Universidad San Juan de la Cruz) and a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Counselling Psychology.
From August 2003 until March 2006, she was a research fellow at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), working in the Sustainable Development and Food Policy Division.
Ambassador Khamati-Yahaya currently serves as the C.E.O of the Kenya Heroes Council a parastatal under the Ministry of Sport, Culture and Heritage She has a daughter Zalika Kalani and a son Kazeem Yahaya.