Photo Foreign CS Am in a Mohammed with Stephen Karau.photo/standardmedia.co.ke
Kenya's representative in Geneva, Mr Stephen Karau has been appointed to chair all the World Trade Organizations special negotiation sessions on agriculture,.
According to expert, the docket is high profile and since it is the backbone of many African economies.
He is expected to deal with contentious subjects like farm subsidies and market access rules that have tilted the global market landscape against Africa’s produce.
WTO has also named four more Africans to head its key bodies.
The appointments are seen as an effort to boost acceptance in the continent.
Senegal’s Coly Seck was also named the chairperson of special sessions of the agency’s Dispute Settlement Body.
Tunisia’s Walid Doudech will chair a committee on regional trade agreements.
Mr Taonga Mushayavanhu of Zimbabwe becomes chairperson of the committee on trade and development.