Azimio leader Raila Odinga has lauded President William Ruto for endorsing his candidature for the African Union Commission Chairmanship.
In a post on X, Raila stated that he had accepted an invitation from Museveni for a joint meeting with President William Ruto to discuss the deepening of regional integration within the East African Community.
“I am very grateful to President Museveni for strongly endorsing my candidacy and to President Ruto for fully backing it,” Odinga wrote on X.
“Several days ago, I accepted an invitation from President Museveni of Uganda for a joint meeting with President Rutp to discuss the deepening of regional integration within the East African Community,” he said, adding, “Crucially, at the urging of President Museveni, we also discussed my candidacy for Chairperson of the African Union Commission.”
The opposition leader made the remarks after visiting Museveni in Kampala in the company of the Kenyan Head of State who has embarked on intense lobbying to have Raila succeed Moussa Faki as the AU chair.
Odinga announced his bid for the AUC chairmanship on February 15th with high-ranking leaders in President Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza administration and the Azimio coalition having endorsed the former prime minister for the plum job.