President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Wednesday take his campaign to have the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) upgraded to a UN Mission to the European Union Headquarters in Brussels where he will meet United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
President Kenyatta has strongly opposed the EU plan to cut funding to AMISOM troops by 20 percent saying it is not only in Kenya’s interest to crush the Al Shabaab terrorist group, but a global gain.
Overview
President Kenyatta will take advantage of his invitation to give the keynote address during the opening of the 10th edition of the European Development Days forum, which takes place on Wednesday and Thursday, to bring his concern over the funding right to the doorstep of the European Commission
President Kenyatta has strongly opposed the EU plan to cut funding to AMISOM troops by 20 percent saying it is not only in Kenya’s interest to crush the Al Shabaab terrorist group, but a global gain
Ban will most likely be making a few demands of his own of President Kenyatta; chief among them a re-consideration of the plan to close the Dadaab camp due to the continued instability in Somalia.
Source: Capital FM
