MUTUNGA TO MEET OBAMA IN SENEGAL

REPUBLIC OF KENYA
THE JUDICIARY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE
Tuesday, June 26, 2013
MEDIA RELEASE
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga leaves the country tomorrow for Dakar, Senegal, to attend a meeting with US President Barack H. Obama alongside 11 other chief justices from Africa. The invitation to the meeting was relayed through the US Embassy in Nairobi and signed by Ambassador Robert F. Godec. The US Embassy has offered to meet the costs of the trip. The meeting between the African chief justices and President Obama is expected to focus on the role of the judiciary in democratisation.