Kenya Protests Removal of Candidate from WTO race

{{Kenya has formally complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the manner in which its candidate for the agency’s top job Amina Mohamed was bundled out of the race in the preliminary stage.}}

In a terse letter to the chairman of the WTO general council, Shahid Bashir, Kenya termed Ms Mohamed’s elimination irregular and threatened to veto the final outcome of the exercise if due process is not followed in the remaining phases.

The WTO regulations require consensus by all members before one can be declared the director-general.

“Further to our statement made to the general council heads of department meeting on April 12, 2013, Kenya wishes to state that we remain convinced that the selection process for round one consultations was grossly flawed and has eroded the credibility of the entire process,” the letter says.

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