Campaigns for Raila’s bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) are well underway, with plans for him to begin his final tour of key nations this week. Mr. Elkanah Odembo, former Kenyan Ambassador to the United States and co-chair of Raila’s campaign team, shared that Raila will engage in a targeted, door-to-door campaign with influential leaders. His message is clear: his agenda is to work closely with each leader—individually, within their regional economic communities, and collectively at the summit level—to advance and accelerate the initiatives they have already set in motion.

The Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) current head of bank supervision, Gerald Nyaoma, has been tapped to fill the position of the apex bank’s second deputy governor in a move to comply with a legal requirement.

President William Ruto’s appointment extends Mr Nyaoma’s stay at the CBK where he has had a 36-year run as a career banker. He assumes the second deputy governor’s post at the apex bank, joining Susan Koech who was appointed on March 10 last year, in compliance with a legal statute that requires that the executive team at CBK be composed of the governor and two deputies.

Mr Nyaoma has previously held various positions within the CBK, including director of financial markets development, director of banking ser-vices, acting director of the internal audit department, and senior manager of national payment services depart-ment, among others.

The nominee, who holds a master of philosophy in economics from the University of Cambridge in the UK, also sits on the board of the Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) as an alternate member to the governor.