By AGGREY MUTAMBO More by this AuthorPresident Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday endorsed the candidature of Amina Mohamed to head the World Trade Organisation, indicating she “understands” the global trade rule-making agency. “Kenya offers Amina Mohamed, a uniquely qualified person, to lead the WTO at this critical time. If selected, she would be the first African and indeed, the first woman to serve at the helm of the World Trade Organisation,” the President said in Nairobi. “Minister Mohamed understands the WTO, understands its processes, having chaired all its high-level decision-making bodies. AdvertisementCONTESTANTSThe contestants include former UK Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox, ex-Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Egyptian commercial law academic Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh, and Mr Jesús Seade Kuri of Mexico.

Source: Daily Nation July 10, 2020 08:03 UTC