The High Commissioner of Australia to Kenya is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Republic of Kenya in Nairobi. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and also holds non-resident accreditation to Burundi (since 2007), Rwanda (since 2007), Somalia (since 2010), Tanzania (since 1987), and Uganda (since 1965). The High Commissioner is also Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Nairobi, including the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, as well as representative to the East African Community and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. The