KEPSA ENDORSES AMB. AMINA MOHAMED FOR WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION POSITION

KEPSA ENDORSES AMB. AMINA MOHAMMED FOR WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION POSITION

By Ednah Kiarie

The Nomination of Ambassador Amina

Mohammed, for the World Trade Organization’s

Director General position comes as a great

opportunity for the business community in

Kenya, African and indeed the entire world.

Ambassador Amina Mohammed has delivered

on her mandate while serving in various

ministerial positions and a diplomat, and has a

wealth of experience with the WTO and the

multilateral trading system, making her fit for

the position.

“The business community is confident that

Amb. Mohammed has all it takes to lead the

WTO into the future and we are hopeful that she

will be deemed fit to lead the necessary reforms

that will bring about a sustainable economic

recovery and ensure member states benefit

from better trade policies that offer the most

effective avenue for wealth creation and

economic growth”, remarked the KEPSA CEO

Mrs. Carole Karuga.

“We further believe that her experience as a

diplomat will help her navigate the current

delicate international trade ecosystem, ensuring

a prosperous future for WTO member states”,

she added.

She has displayed great finesse as a strategist

and negotiator and has had a great track record

with World Trade Organization (WTO). As the

first woman to have chaired the three most

important bodies of the organization: the Trade

Policy Body, the Dispute Settlement Body and

the Governing General Council of the WTO. If

successful, she will also be the first African,

and first woman to serve at the helm of the

organization.

Her professionalism has been evident in the

various roles that she has served, most notably

as the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and

International Trade. In her role as the Kenya’s

foreign minister Amb. Mohammed and KEPSA

co–hosted heads of states and other

delegations both locally and internationally. She

worked with the Kenya’s apex private sector

lobby group to find solutions to some of the

pressing challenges facing the business

community, as well as providing an enabling

environment for local businesses and investors.

Among them is the 10th WTO Ministerial

Conference held in Nairobi in 2015, which was

chaired and hosted by Amb. Mohammed.

KEPSA partnered with her ministry to host

delegates from around the world for a gala

dinner, offering them a chance to interact with

the local business community.

KEPSA seats at the WTO trade committee,

mandated to keep under continuous review the

participation of developing country members in

the multilateral trading system, and has been

an active participant in WTO initiatives among

them the Trade Dialogues forum.

KEPSA, made up of its 360 corporate members

and Business Member Organizations listed

below, endorses Ambassador Amina

Mohammed’s bid for election as the Director

General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

KEPSA’s vision is to be a world class private

sector apex body. The primary mission is to

ensure year- on- year improvement in the overall

business environment for Kenya by working

together with the Government and other

stakeholders and being involved in the socio

economic development of the country.

Business Member Organizations of KEPSA are :

African Women Agribusiness Network

Agricultural Council of Kenya

Agricultural Employers Association

Agrochemicals Association of Kenya

American Chamber of Commerce of Kenya

Architectural Association of Kenya

Association of Consulting Engineers of Kenya

Association of Gaming Operators Kenya

Association of Insurance Brokers of Kenya

Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers

Association of Kenya Insurers

Association of Practitioners in Advertising

Association of Women in Extractives in Kenya

Automobile Association of Kenya

BASF East Africa Limited

British Chambers of Commerce Kenya

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Clean Cookstoves Association of Kenya

Creative Society of Kenya

Delegation of German Industry and Commerce

of Kenya

Domain Registrars Association of Kenya

East Africa Petroleum Transporters Association

East African Tea Trade Association

East African Venture Capital Association

Eastern Africa Grain Council

Electronic Cargo Tracking Systems Providers

Association of Kenya

Environment Institute of Kenya

Event Managers Association of Kenya

Federation of Kenya Employers

Institute of Certified Public Accountants of

Kenya

Institute of Internal Auditors

International Chamber of Commerce Kenya

Institute of Public Finance Kenya

Institution of Engineers of Kenya

Institution of Surveyors of Kenya

Kenya Association of Air Operators

Kenya Association of Manufacturers

Kenya Association of Pharmaceutical Industry

Kenya Association of Travel Agents

Kenya Association of Women Business Owners

Kenya Association of Women in Tourism

Kenya Auto Bazaar Association

Kenya Bankers Association

Kenya Flower Council

Kenya Forex & Remittance Association

Kenya Green Building Society

Kenya Healthcare Federation

Kenya Independent International Schools

Association(KAIIS)

Kenya Institute of Planners

Kenya Institute of Supplies Management

Kenya Motor Industry Association

Kenya Motor Repairers Association

Kenya National Association of Private Colleges

Kenya Oil & Gas Association

Kenya Private Schools Association

Kenya Property Developers Association

Kenya Renewable Energy Association

Kenya Security Industry Association

Kenya Ships Agents Association

Kenya Tea Growers Association

Kenya Tourism Federation

Kenya Transporters Associations

Kenya Water Industry Association

Kenya Women Teachers Association

Laikipia Farmers Association

Leasing Association of Kenya

Marketing & Social Research Association

Marketing Society of Kenya

Meat & Livestock Exporters Industry Council

Music Associations Alliance of Kenya

National Association of Private Universities in

Kenya

National Potato Council of Kenya

Oil & Gas Contractors Association of Kenya

Organization of Women in International Trade

Petroleum Institute of East Africa

Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya

Protective Security Industry Association

PublIc Society of Kenya

Responsible Alcohol Drinks Companies

Association

Retail Trade Association of Kenya

Roads & Civil Engineering Contractors

Association

Safaricom Dealers Association

Seed Trade Association of Kenya

Shopping Centres Association of Kenya

SME Founders AssociationSociety of Crop

Agribusiness Advisors of Kenya

Technology Sevice Providers Association of

Kenya

The Law Society of Kenya

Town & County Planners Association of Kenya

Trade Link Association of Kenya

United Business Association

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) is a

limited liability membership organisation

registered in 2003 as the apex body of private

sector in Kenya.

KEPSA’s mandate is the voice of private sector

in Kenya. KEPSA therefore is an inclusive and

proactive body that provides an institutional

framework for Government and private sector

partnership; a facilitator for the private sector in

public policy dialogue and an umbrella policy

and networking institution for the private sector

in Kenya; and, a promoter of public-private

sector partnerships in addressing the

challenges of wealth and employment creation in Kenya.

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