A Rwandan legislator Juliana Kantengwa has been elected the Fourth Vice-President of The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) based in South Africa.
Hon. Kantengwa beat other contenders to take the post to represent the Eastern African Region, a Kenya Member of Parliament with 89 votes over 59.
Rwanda’s high commissioner to South Africa, Vincent Karega, said Madame Kantengwa’s vote reflects the trust Rwanda has won overtime among countries.
Together, other five Members will form the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament, during its Third Parliament, which will extend for a period of three years.
The Pan-African Parliament was established in March 2004, by Article 17 of The Constitutive Act of the African Union, as one of the nine Organs provided for, in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community signed in Abuja, Nigeria, in 1991.
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