BY JEFF OTIENO IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has once again retained his position as a committee member of International Labour Organization (ILO) governing council.

The Committee which is equivalent of a Kenyan Cabinet is tasked with the management of ILO affairs and has got around 21 members across the globe 8 from Africa.

Atwoli will now be serving for second term after ascending at the helm three years ago. The powerful panel convenes thrice a year in Geneva, home of ILO head quarters. It was second election in a series of a lucrative post for the fiery COTU boss after being elected as an executive of a technical committee member representing Africa.

It was all exuberance for Atwoli and a group of Kenyan Delegation led by Federal of Kenya Employers Executive Director Jacqueline Mugo, NSSF Chief Executive Alex Kazongo, Secretary General of Labour Administration and Inspection Nicholas Baraza(Aviation), Secretary of Electrical Workers Union Ernest Nadome and Secretary General of Sugar Plantation Workers Union Francis Wangara.

The delegation is in Geneva, Switzerland for three weeks for 100th Session of International Labour Conference which was opened last week by the President of Finland.

In his acceptance speech to the audience and Secretariat, Atwoli vowed relentlessly to crusade for social justice for Kenyan workers and urged for Government Cooperation.

“As a Union we won’t renege on our quest until the envisage objectives are achieved”, he told the attentive gathering in the United Nations Assembly hall amid thunderous applause.

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