{"id":83689,"date":"2024-08-27T10:11:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T10:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/raila-vows-to-make-au-people-centered-if-elected-to-top-seat\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T10:11:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T10:11:26","slug":"raila-vows-to-make-au-people-centered-if-elected-to-top-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/raila-vows-to-make-au-people-centered-if-elected-to-top-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Raila Vows to Make AU People-Centered if Elected to Top Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 27 \u2013 Kenya\u2019s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has pledged to transform the African Union into a more people-centered organization, prioritizing the continent\u2019s interests if elected to the top position. <\/p>\n

He has outlined key reforms aimed at achieving this vision, including the introduction of an AU visa to facilitate ease of movement across the continent and fostering Intra-African trade.<\/p>\n

Raila\u2019s candidacy was officially launched at State House, Nairobi, on Tuesday, with the event attended by at least five Heads of State, as well as former presidents and prime ministers from various African countries.<\/p>\n

Among those in attendance were Kenya\u2019s President William Ruto, Uganda\u2019s Yoweri Museveni, South Sudan\u2019s Salva Kiir, Tanzania\u2019s Samia Suluhu, and former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, among others.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Raila Odinga poses for a photo with President William Ruto, Yoweri Museveni, Salva Kiir, Samia Suluhu and other regional leaders during the launch of his African Union Commissiom chairmanship bid on August 27, 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will make the African Union more people-centered to align with the vision of Your Excellencies if elected to this position,\u201d Raila said during the launch.<\/p>\n

He also emphasized the need for airspace reforms, which he believes are crucial for enhancing connectivity and boosting trade within Africa.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 27 \u2013 Kenya\u2019s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has pledged to transform the African Union into a more people-centered organization, prioritizing the continent\u2019s interests if elected to the top position. He has outlined key reforms aimed at achieving this vision, including the introduction of an AU visa to facilitate ease of movement […]<\/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-83689","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\/83689","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=83689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}