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Jane Ngineriwa Kambalame is Malawi's current High Commissioner to Zimbabwe and Botswana.[1][2] Prior to this appointment she served in the Malawi mission to the United States of America and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malawi.[3]
Ms. Kambalame obtained her bachelor's degree in Public Administration from the University of Malawi.[3] She obtained her master's degree in International Policy and Diplomacy from University of Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent.[3] She then entered the Malawi foreign service as a foreign service officer. In 2004, she served as a diplomat in the United States. In 2013, she replaced Dr. Richard Phoya as High Commissioner to Zimbabwe and Botswana.[4]
She is a strong supporter of NGOs working with women and children in Malawi.[3] Whilst in the United States, she served as a board member of the Malawi Washington Association.
In 2016 Kambalame was found guilty in a default judgment of human trafficking after having brought a housemaid from Malawi, called Fainess Lipenga, confining her for three years in a house basement. Kambalame obliged Lipenga to work from 5am to 11pm for $100–180 per month. Kambalame did not respond or participate in the case.[5]
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