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Kenya’s Amina Mohamed for WTO top job

By Derrick Oluoch | Jul. 10, 2020

***Ambassador Amina Mohamed*** *(Courtesy)*

Kenya submitted the candidature of Sports and Culture Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohamed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the post of Director General, a position that eluded her seven years ago.

Ambassador Amina Mohamed, 58, will need to see off seven other contestants including two Africans to replace Brazil’s Robert Azevêdo whom she had contested against in 2013 but lost out on a decision made by consensus among member states. Mr Azevêdo, 62, will be stepping down one year early at the end of August this year.

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