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Former KenGen chief goes all out in quest for ISO presidency

Former Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) chairman Edward Njoroge. If elected in today’s elections, Mr Njoroge, who also served as KenGen Managing Director, would break a 70-year jinx that has seen no African ever elected to head the global standards body. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Daggers are drawn as candidates square it out for the International Standards Organisation (ISO) presidency with former Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) chairman Edward Njoroge making his case to delegates at the 39th ISO General Assembly in Beijing, China yesterday.   

If elected in today’s elections, Mr Njoroge, who also served as KenGen Managing Director, would break a 70-year jinx that has seen no African ever elected to head the global standards body.

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