{"id":91721,"date":"2023-05-06T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-roots-for-election-of-nancy-karigithu-as-imo-boss"},"modified":"2023-05-06T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T18:43:00","slug":"ruto-roots-for-election-of-nancy-karigithu-as-imo-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-roots-for-election-of-nancy-karigithu-as-imo-boss","title":{"rendered":"Ruto roots for election of Nancy Karigithu as IMO boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>President William Ruto has rooted for the election of Ambassador Nancy Karigithu as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) secretary general.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted by the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Ruto said Kenya and AU are presenting to the global community a highly competent and qualified candidate who has immensely contributed to maritime issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith experience spanning over 30 years in the maritime sector, Karigithu is an accomplished expert with a proven commitment to the cause of global maritime interests,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Ruto added that Karigithu has built consensus on many complex issues which has enabled common action in favour of the shared objectives of the IMO membership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to underscore that Karigithu has all it takes to handle challenges facing the shipping industry,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<p>Karigithu currently serves as Kenya\u2019s Special Envoy for Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya secured the endorsement of the African Union for her candidature during the High-Level Mid-Year Coordination Meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, in mid-July, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Karigithu is a world-renowned maritime expert who has been an active leader and a consequential voice in promoting the objectives of the IMO dedicated to safety, security and environmental protection in the maritime industry.<\/p>\n<p>IMO is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping.<\/p>\n<p>The IMO was established following an agreement at a UN conference held in Geneva in 1948 and the IMO came into existence ten years later, meeting for the first time in 1959.<\/p>\n<p>The 40 members of the IMO Council will pick the successor of Kitack Lim of Korea, whose tenure comes to an end in July this year.<\/p>\n<p>If elected, Karigithu will become the first African and the first woman to hold the position.<\/p>\n<p>Seven IMO member states have each nominated a candidate for the post of secretary-general of IMO.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations received by March 31, 2023 deadline are Moin Uddin Ahmed (Bangladesh), Suat Hayri Aka (Turkey), Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco (Panama), Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry (Dominica), Minna Kivimaki (Finland), Zhang Xiaojie (China) and Karigithu.<\/p>\n<p>The election will take place at IMO HQ in London on July 18, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The decision of the council will be submitted to the 33rd session of the assembly of IMO in late 2023 for approval.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. President William Ruto has rooted for the election of Ambassador Nancy Karigithu as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) secretary general. In a video posted by the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Ruto said Kenya and AU are presenting to the global community a highly competent and qualified candidate who has immensely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-91721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ruto roots for election of Nancy Karigithu as IMO boss - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/ruto-roots-for-election-of-nancy-karigithu-as-imo-boss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ruto roots for election of Nancy Karigithu as IMO boss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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