A Kisumu resident is not enthusiastic about ODM leader Raila Odinga vying for African Union Commission chairmanship position. ODM leader Raila Odinga is being fronted for the AUC seat by Kenya. Why Kisumu man wants Raila Odinga to fail Speaking to Citizen TV on Wednesday, April 10, the resident, identified as Fred Ogina, prayed that Raila fails to clinch the continental seat. Ogina questioned why the ODM leader was interested in the seat, yet Kenyans voted for him to fight for their rights. He insisted that the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party leader should be defeated by a considerable margin, arguing that he will perform nothing significant at AUC to benefit Kenyans. “I want him to be defeated because we voted for him to defend Kenyans’ issues. I don’t know what he is going to do at the African Union,” Ogina said. However, other residents expressed confidence that the former prime minister would win the continental seat. Who did Djibouti front for the AUC seat? Djibouti fronted a candidate in the oncoming African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship vote. The vote -attracting three East African candidates so far- is set to be held in February 2025. Is More Popular than Gachagua Djibouti fielded its Foreign Affairs Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf to face off with Kenya’s Raila Odinga and Fawzia Adam of Somalia. The country’s presidential office announced Youssouf’s candidature in an official communique published on Tuesday, April 9.
