Kenya to host Peer Review Mechanism summit

Kenya to host Peer Review Mechanism summit

Kenya is set to host 15 African Heads of State and Government in Nairobi for the forthcoming African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Extra-Ordinary Summit in September this year.

The summit, set to take place on September 11th, follows a call by President Uhuru Kenyatta – upon his election as chairperson of the African Peer Review Forum in June this year at the sidelines of the 25th Africa Union (AU) meeting – to hold an Extra-Ordinary summit that will seek to formulate ways through which the mechanism can revitalize itself to strengthen governance in Africa.

President Kenyatta invited a core team of representatives of the key structures of the APRM to Nairobi to brief him on pertinent matters of the APRM in early July and to initiate discussions on preparations for the Extra-Ordinary Summit.

The team, from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Rwanda, Chad, Zambia, and South Africa, represent the five regions of Africa.

Since the July meeting, the team has held three planning meetings to firm up preparations for the Summit.

Speaking while briefing the media at a Nairobi hotel, Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, said that out of the 35 Heads of State and Government who have been invited, Kenya is already receiving confirmations.

“We have already sent out invitations to Heads of States and until now 15 have confirmed, we expect to get more confirmations in the next few days,” she said.

She further added that the government is making arrangements to hold all the 35 member Heads of State should they all attend.

 

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