Kenya's Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has become one of the top picks for the World Trade Organization's director general post, according to a UK report.

Ms Mohamed was nominated in 2013 but the post went to Mr Roberto Azevedo, who will be stepping down later this year.

Kenya's Sports minister is believed to have the necessary experience for the post, having been the country's former Ambassador to the WTO as well as chairing the WTO's 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015.

The London-based Observer newspaper said that Ms Mohamed had a good chance of getting the post this time.

"The view in Geneva is that it is time a woman ran the WTO and the one to watch is Amina Mohamed, currently Kenya's Sports minister but formerly the country's much respected ambassador to the WTO.