President Uhuru Lands A New Continental Job

It could be his first term in office but President Uhuru Kenyatta’s prominence as the fourth President of the Republic of Kenya seems to be going beyond our borders.

The President seems to be every African leader’s favourite and this has landed him yet another job in the continent.

President Uhuru was elected the Chairman of the African Peer Review Forum (APRF) in elections held at the African Union (AU) summit in South Africa over the weekend.

Uhuru takes over from Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

This is the Committee of the Heads of State and Government of the countries voluntarily participating in the APRM.

APRM stands for African Peer Review Mechanism and it is a mutually agreed instrument voluntarily acceded to by the member states of theAU as a self-monitoring mechanism.

It was founded in 2003.

The mandate of the APRM is to encourage conformity in regard to political, economic and corporate governance values, codes and standards, among African countries and the objectives insocio-economic developmentwithin the New Partnership For Africa’s Development.

APRF is the highest decision-making body and could be considered like theboard of directors which has the final say over the whole process. They appoint the APR Panel, look after the funding, discuss the country reports, apply the peer pressure and transmit the reports to the relevant AU structures