Kenya’s president to Discuss AMISOM Funding at 10th edition of the European Development Days forum

Kenya’s 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.

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.

He will 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