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President Ruto writes to African leaders on Raila AUC bid
President William Ruto has written to all Heads of State on Raila Odinga’s bid for the chairmanship of the African Union Commission (AUC). In an exclusive interview, the Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary, Dr. Korir Sing’Oei, disclosed that the President had reached out to his colleagues on the continent as part of the campaigns for Odinga. In his letters, the President also thanked the Heads of State who have shown support for Kenya’s candidate. Odinga is set to face Djibouti’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mahmoud Youssuf, former Mauritius Foreign Affairs Minister Anil Gayan and his former Madagascar counterpart Richard James Randriamandrato. Dr. Sing’Oei has also disclosed that, of the EAC member states, Kenya has received the support of all its members save for Somalia. However, that is not their main worry, and the Kenyan delegation is directing all its energies towards the Mjadala Africa Debates, whose date is yet to be communicated by the AUC.