President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday, October 3rd announced that he had nominated Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed to head the AU Commission.

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Speaking during the State House Youth Summit, Uhuru disclosed the nomination which if successful will see Amina as the first East African to head such a powerful post.

“I see that Amina is doing well. We have nominated her to be the AU chairperson,” President Kenyatta said at the State House Youth Summit.

She will battle it out with Botswana's Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, Senegal's Abdoulaye Bathily and Agapito Mba Mokuy of Equatorial Guinea.

The election takes place in January 2017.