{"id":108600,"date":"2025-01-25T11:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T11:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/25\/ruto-secures-guinea-bissaus-backing-for-kenyas-auc-candidacy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T11:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T11:03:38","slug":"ruto-secures-guinea-bissaus-backing-for-kenyas-auc-candidacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ruto-secures-guinea-bissaus-backing-for-kenyas-auc-candidacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto secures Guinea-Bissau\u2019s backing for Kenya\u2019s AUC candidacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 25<\/strong> <strong>\u2014 President William Ruto has secured Guinea-Bissau\u2019s support for Kenya\u2019s candidacy for the African Union Commission (AUC).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ruto, who hosting Guinea-Bissau\u2019s President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 for a State Visit that commenced on Saturday, affirmed that the West African leader had committed to campaigning for Raila Odinga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank you most sincerely for supporting Kenya\u2019s candidacy for the African Union Commission, as I informed you last year,\u201d said Ruto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to recognize your support in not only endorsing Raila Odinga but also canvassing for him in Western Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement adds to the growing list of African leaders rallying behind Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s candidate, Raila Odinga, is set to face Djibouti\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf and Madagascar\u2019s former Foreign Minister Richard Randriamandrato.<\/p>\n<p>The crucial election, scheduled for February, will see African heads of state under the African Union vote for a new AUC chair to replace outgoing Chairman Moussa Faki, whose term is coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The former Prime Minister has been intensifying his shuttle diplomacy efforts, engaging African heads of state to garner support for his bid.<\/p>\n<p>Odinga has already secured endorsements from several leaders, while President Ruto has deployed state resources to support the veteran opposition leader in his quest for the AU Chairperson seat.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s campaign has gained significant momentum, with multiple African leaders offering their endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>Nairobi is aiming to secure additional endorsements in the final stretch of the race, seeking to strengthen its influence within the African Union.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 25 \u2014 President William Ruto has secured Guinea-Bissau\u2019s support for Kenya\u2019s candidacy for the African Union Commission (AUC). Ruto, who hosting Guinea-Bissau\u2019s President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 for a State Visit that commenced on Saturday, affirmed that the West African leader had committed to campaigning for Raila Odinga. \u201cI want to thank you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}