Award winning Kenyan gospel female musician Mercy Masika is the new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees  (UNHCR) National Goodwill ambassador for Refugees.

This appointment comes after she working with one of UNHCR's campaign dubbed LuQuLuQ which was for protecting people who had been forced to flee.

Breaking the news on twitter UNCHR twitted 

"A very big warm welcome to our newly appointed @Refugees Goodwill Ambassador for Kenya  @MercyMasika!"

On her part the talented singer notes

"Refugees are just like you and me, they could be in-fact be any of us.I believe as an African community we have a responsibility to invoke the spirit of Ubuntu,that we carry each others burdens by showing our warm warm heartedness in the face of refugees struggle."