{"id":1798,"date":"2024-02-17T14:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/cs-kuria-urges-leaders-to-support-railas-bid-for-top-au-job\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T14:04:04","slug":"cs-kuria-urges-leaders-to-support-railas-bid-for-top-au-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/cs-kuria-urges-leaders-to-support-railas-bid-for-top-au-job\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Kuria urges leaders to support Raila\u2019s bid for top AU job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 17 \u2013\u00a0Public Service Cabinet Secretary Mosses Kuria has called on all leaders to support Opposition leader Raila Odinga\u2019s bid for top African Union (AU) Commission job. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CS Kuria drummed up support for Odinga saying this will be a win for the whole country if Odinga becomes the next Chairperson of African Union Commission after exit of the current chair Moussa Faki Mahamat<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe do not have any problems with anyone as a matter of fact I support my good friend Raila Odinga and I pray that he gets the AU chairperson Job,\u201d said Kuria.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that if Odinga\u2019s bid to get the AU Commission job becomes successful Kenya will greatly benefit as a Nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOdinga is a Kenyan and if he gets the job he will be our pride and Kenya will greatly benefit as a nation in the African continent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday Odinga expressed his interest in the influential position of African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson and has started lobbying other African leaders to support his candidature as he prepares to formally submit his application for the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am prepared to take on this challenge and offer myself for service. I have requested my friend, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, to continue advocating for my candidacy and engage with other leaders,\u201d Odinga stated after a meeting with the former president in Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>Kuria Spoke while delivering his remarks at the burial ceremony of the former Inspector General of Police King\u2019ori Mwangi at Tetu Constituency Nyeri County where he assured that the nation is heading on the right path of economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that through Kenya Kwanza government interventions the Kenyan Shilling has started to appreciate against its American Counterpart, a move targeted at strengthening the tough economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur economy is getting back on track in just a span of one week. Our Kenyan Shilling has started adding value against the US Dollar,\u201d he stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 17 \u2013\u00a0Public Service Cabinet Secretary Mosses Kuria has called on all leaders to support Opposition leader Raila Odinga\u2019s bid for top African Union (AU) Commission job. \u00a0 CS Kuria drummed up support for Odinga saying this will be a win for the whole country if Odinga becomes the next Chairperson of African [&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-1798","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\/1798","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=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}