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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The race to find a successor for Mukhisa\u00a0Kituyi\u00a0(pictured) at the top United Nations trade body has kicked off.<\/p>\n

Kituyi last week announced his resignation as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) with effect from February 15, 2021.<\/p>\n

He is expected to launch a 2022 presidential bid after recently declaring his interest for Kenya\u2019s top seat. \u00a0Kituyi is a former two-time Kimilili MP who also served as Trade Minister in ex-President Mwai Kibaki\u2019s administration between 2002 and 2007.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Ms\u00a0Isabelle Durant of Belgium will be appointed as Acting Secretary-General of UNCTAD. This is as UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres launches a recruitment process, in consultation with Member States, to find a successor to\u00a0Mr Kituyi.<\/p>\n

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Kituyi\u2019s tenure at UNCTAD is credited with advanced work on trade, investment, finance and technology, offering solutions to the major challenges facing developing countries, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Secretary-General is grateful for Mr Kituyi\u2019s service and his commitment for the remainder of his term to the functions entrusted to him as an international civil servant of the United Nations,\u201d said a statement from UNCTAD to newsrooms.<\/p>\n

Kituyi has headed UNCTAD since 2013 and was re-appointed in 2017 after serving an initial four-year term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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