Kenya polls: Ex-Botswana president to lead Commonwealth observers
Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana, in Kenyan capital Nairobi on February 28, 2013. He has been appointed new chair of the committee that decides winners of the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Former Botswana President Festus Mogae will lead a team of election observers from the Commonwealth for the Kenyan polls scheduled for August 9.
Mogae, who led Botswana from 1998 to 2008, with a team of 20 poll observers will arrive in Nairobi on August 2, the Commonwealth Secretariat announced on Tuesday.
