Kenya counting on AU support to clinch Security Council seat

President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks at the 74th Session of the General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 25, 2019. Kenya is banking on repeated endorsements by the African Union and Nairobi’s own networks to clinch a seat at the UN Security Council. PHOTO | AFP

Kenya is banking on repeated endorsements by the African Union and Nairobi’s own networks to clinch a seat at the UN Security Council when a vote comes up this evening.

The elections for non-permanent seats on the UN’s most powerful organ are usually routine.