Nairobi, Feb. 17 -- President William Ruto has been endorsed as the new African Union Champion for Institutional Reforms.

The Assembly of African Union Heads of State and Government, meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Saturday, gave President Ruto the new responsibility of providing political leadership and vision and completing the Comprehensive Institutional Reform Initiative launched in 2016.

He takes over from President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.

In the new role, President Ruto will be involved in reforming the structure, functioning and focus of the African Union Commission, AU organs and specialised agencies to make them more effective and efficient in managing African Union programmes, according to a State House briefing.

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