Biography
For more than two decades, Asatu Bah-Kenneth has served with the Liberia National Police (LNP). She currently works as deputy inspector-general of police for administration. More involved in public life than most Liberian Muslims, Mrs. Bah-Kenneth has taken advantage of her position to advance other Liberian women. Prior to her work as deputy inspector-general of the LNP, Mrs. Bah-Kenneth served as assistant director of police for press and public affairs, head of the women and children protection section, and chief of community services. She also served on the government’s Humanitarian Task Force, catering to internally displaced persons, and was the first personal director of the Ministry of Gender and Development.
Mrs. Bah-Kenneth founded Liberian Muslim Women for Peace, is president of the Liberian Female Law Enforcement Association, and serves as second vice president of the board of Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia. She is also a member of the International Chiefs of Police Association. While her husband, a diplomat, was on assignment in China, she earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a minor in public administration from the University of Liberia, an extremely rare achievement for a Liberian Muslim woman. (01.2008)