100 MPs set to accompany Raila to Addis Ababa
President Ruto, Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi and at least 100 MPs and top government officials will fly to Addis Ababa in solidarity with Raila Odinga
President Ruto, Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi and at least 100 MPs and top government officials will fly to Addis Ababa in solidarity with Raila Odinga, Kenya’s candidate for the African Union Commission chairmanship.
Media reports indicate that President William Ruto, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, and at least a hundred MPs and top state officials are set to fly to Addis Ababa to be in solidarity with Raila who is eyeing the AUC chairperson seat.
Other political leaders, including governors from across the political divide, will also be travelling for the vote.
The tightly fought election is scheduled at the AU Summit on February 15 and 16.
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The presence of Ruto and Mudavadi signal Raila’s central role in Kenya’s politics and Ruto’s relentless campaign to get him elected.
If the ODM leader wins the elections, it would be a major diplomatic and political victory for President Ruto, as well as Raila, of course.
The triumph could cement Ruto’s hold on power, attract Raila’s political bases, and enhance his standing.
Should Raila lose the polls, however, Ruto’s political experiment of exploiting Raila’s popularity and inheriting his bases could backfire badly.
Raila’s bases then would be very unlikely to compensate for the loss of the Mt Kenya voting bloc after the impeachment of DP Rigathi Gachagua.
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Raila, aged 80, could also return to the local scene to contest the 2027 presidential election or act as the elder statesman and endorse a younger ODM politician, either way, a nightmare for Ruto’s ambitions for a second term.
Raila will be battling it out with Mahmoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti and Madagascar’s Richard Randriamandrato.
Raila is considered the front-runner. A source at Raila’s Nairobi secretariat confided that the Addis Ababa event has attracted immense interest from across the political divide.
“Yes, many MPs have been coming here requesting letters to help them process travel documents,” the source said.
The source estimates about 100 lawmakers knocked on Raila’s Capitol Hill office by Thursday last week.
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