{"id":12448,"date":"2024-03-13T13:04:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/kagame-endorses-railas-bid-for-to-au-commission-job\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:04:17","slug":"kagame-endorses-railas-bid-for-to-au-commission-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kagame-endorses-railas-bid-for-to-au-commission-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame Endorses Raila\u2019s bid for to AU Commission Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 13 \u2013\u00a0Azimio leader\u00a0Raila\u00a0Odinga\u2019s bid for the top post of the African Union Commission Job has continued to gather after official endorsement from Rwandan President Paul Kagame.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Kagame on Tuesday promised to support Odinga\u2019s bid, a move aimed at helping his candidacy for the top job of African Union Commission Chairperson.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kagame, the opposition leader won\u2019t be unfamiliar while he works for the African Union Commission based on his previous experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do speak with Raila Odinga. I know his struggles even when I was the African Union chairperson in 2018 and He was representing the Commission on Infrastructure for the continent. He did a good job .We give him our support and wish him all the best,\u201d Kagame said.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame who previously served as the chair\u00a0of the\u00a0African Union\u00a0from 2018 to 2019\u00a0met Odinga in Kigali, Rwanda where he vowed to continue supporting Odinga even when he gets the AU chairmanship job.<\/p>\n<p>Odinga who is continuously lobbying for the influential position of the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson said he is ready for the job after former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo also endorsed him to take up the position.<\/p>\n<p>He affirmed that he will protect the interests of the continent for shared unity, progress and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad an insightful conversation with President Paul Kigame in Kigali, diving into regional and Pan African ideals. We are committed to African unity and solidarity for shared prosperity and progress,\u201d Odinga stated.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Odinga served as the AU High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa from 2018 to February 2023, a tenure that ended amidst controversy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 13 \u2013\u00a0Azimio leader\u00a0Raila\u00a0Odinga\u2019s bid for the top post of the African Union Commission Job has continued to gather after official endorsement from Rwandan President Paul Kagame. President Kagame on Tuesday promised to support Odinga\u2019s bid, a move aimed at helping his candidacy for the top job of African Union Commission Chairperson. According [&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-12448","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\/12448","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=12448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}