Foreign Affairs Cabinet secretary Amina Mohamed has said she has no regrets for participating in the AU Commission vote on Monday in which she lost to her Chad counterpart Moussa Mahamat.
Speaking on Wednesday at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi, Amina maintained that the outcome of the vote will not affect the relationship of Kenya with countries that failed to back her bid., the Nation has reported.
“I do not think we lost anything. We gained a lot. We made new friends. And now we need to evaluate our relationships and see where we go," she said.
“Our relations with other countries and our neighbours is not equivalent to those (AUC) elections. They are much more important and the elections will not affect them,” she added.
The minister further expressed gratitude towards President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto's support for her candidature.
“If it was up to the President, I know I would have been elected the day he nominated me,” she said. She was vying for the position of chair at the AU Commission which she lost in the seventh round.