President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived yesterday, on Thursday evening, from the Mediterranean city of Marrakech, Morocco, where he addressed the United Nations climate change summit.
Kenyatta who attended the 22nd session of the Conference of the parties (COP22) urged world leaders to remain committed to the Paris Agreement on climate change that gave hope to poorest countries.
In support of the agreement, the Head of State said his Cabinet has approved its ratification and now awaits the final ratification by Parliament.
The President welcomed the coming into force of the Paris Agreement, saying it will provide the much-needed impetus to address climate change for a safer future.
Amina’s bid
While in Morocco, President Kenyatta also met 30 African leaders on the margins of the COP22 to drum up support for Amb. Amina Mohamed, Kenya’s candidate for the post of chairperson of the African Union Commission.
On November 12, in a meeting held at Villa Rosa Kempinsiki in Nairobi on Saturday, East African Foreign Affairs Ministers endorsed their Kenyan counterpart Amina Mohamed’s bid to chair the African Union Commission.
The ministers; Uganda’s Sam Kutesa, Aimable Otis of Burundi and Rwanda’s Louise Mushikiwabo vowed to lobby other African heads of state to back Ambassador Mohamed’s candidature.
The Tanzanian Foreign Affairs minister Augustine Mahiga, who chairs the community council of foreign ministers, was represented by the country’s head of chancery at its High commission in Nairobi, Talha Mohamed.The meeting held at the Villa Rosa