Endorsing Amina for the post, President Uhuru Kenyatta said she understands the WTO and its processes, having chaired all its high-level decision-making bodies. “For example, the Ministerial Conference, General Council, Dispute Settlement Body as well as the Trade Policy Review Body,” Uhuru said. The President recalled Amina chaired the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015. WTO EXPERIENCEAccording to her biography on the WTO website, Amina has had a distinguished diplomatic career since 1986, rising through the ranks to become Ambassador/Permanent Representative at Geneva in 2000. “As the Permanent Representative, she represented Kenya in the UN system, and the WTO among other international organisations,” the biography states.

Source: The Star July 25, 2020 02:02 UTC