Sports CS Amina Mohamed will run for WTO Director-General

Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed being admitted to the role of an advocate of the high court at the Supreme Court in Nairobi yesterday July 03, 2020. She was among the 96 advocates who were admitted to the bar which allows them to practice as lawyers. Photo {Standard}

Kenya’s sports and culture minister Amina Mohamed will run to be the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), a spokesperson said on Wednesday and a WTO official confirmed.

“For Amina Mohamed, yes we can confirm that we received her nomination from Kenya late yesterday,” a WTO official said.