Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:42:19 +0000 FORMER United States President Jimmy Carter has written to His Excellency Rupiah Bwezani Banda, the Fourth President of the Republic of Zambia, appointing him leader of a 50-person Carter Centre international observer mission for next month’s general elections in Kenya. In a letter dated February 1, 2013, President Carter said he was grateful to President Banda for his past service on election observer missions in the Republic of Sierra Leone in 2012 and the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2011. “Staff have reported to me your immense contributions to Sierra Leone’s recent election, where your leadership and diplomacy contributed to acceptance of results and a peaceful post-election period,” said the 39th US President who served from 1977 to 1981. The Kenyan general elections will be held on March 4, 2013 to elect a new president after the expiry of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki’s two terms in office. In inviting […]
RB to lead Carter centre election observer team in Kenya
