{"id":87179,"date":"2024-09-04T13:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T13:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/09\/04\/ruto-meets-6-african-leaders-in-beijing-to-drum-up-support-for-railas-auc-bid\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T13:03:54","slug":"ruto-meets-6-african-leaders-in-beijing-to-drum-up-support-for-railas-auc-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ruto-meets-6-african-leaders-in-beijing-to-drum-up-support-for-railas-auc-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto meets 6 African leaders in Beijing to drum up support for Raila\u2019s AUC bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 4 \u2013 President William Ruto on Wednesday met with 6 African presidents in Beijing China to drum up support for the Azimio leader Raila Odinga\u2019s African Union (AU) Commission candidature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Ruto held talks with Presidents Faure Essozimna Gnassingb\u00e9 of Togo, Assimi Goita of Mali, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, Mahamat Idriss Deby of Chad, and Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>The head of state discussions with the 6 African presidents were tailored on supporting Odinga\u2019s Au bid as well as the Country\u2019s bilateral issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMet President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in Beijing, China, and deliberated on deepening our relations and also the candidature of Raila Odinga for the position of the African Union Commission chairperson,\u201d he revealed in one of the posts shared on his X platform.<\/p>\n<p>President Ruto has been at the forefront in championing Oding\u2019a bid to win the AU commission top job stating that he will protect the region\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<p>This is after the East African Community leaders agreed to sponsor Odinga as the candidate for the African Union (AU) Commission chairman post<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kenya officially launched the former Prime Minister bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship on Tuesday, August 29 2024 where President Ruto hosted regional leaders to express his unwavering support for Odinga\u2019s candidacy at State House, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>Ruto hailed former Prime Minister Raila Odinga as a \u201cveteran mobilizer for positive change,\u201d expressing strong confidence in his ability to lead the AU Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaila is a celebrated statesman whose longevity in leadership has been sustained by an unrelenting devotion to democratic change as the foundation of sustainable freedom and prosperity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the official unveiling of his candidature at State House Nairobi Odinga has vowed to spearhead reforms in the continental body in order to achieve an AU Visa for ease movement within the continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friend Aliko Dangote says that for him to travel across the continent he needs 35 visas. His French competitor does not need a visa to travel with a French passport in Africa, what a shame,\u201d Odinga said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Europe you only need a schengen visa and you can travel across the entire Europe without a problem, we will also ensure that we reach a stage where we can issue an AU visa and allow people to travel across the continent without a problem,\u201d he added.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 4 \u2013 President William Ruto on Wednesday met with 6 African presidents in Beijing China to drum up support for the Azimio leader Raila Odinga\u2019s African Union (AU) Commission candidature. \u00a0Ruto held talks with Presidents Faure Essozimna Gnassingb\u00e9 of Togo, Assimi Goita of Mali, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Umaro Sissoco Embalo of [&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-87179","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\/87179","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=87179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}