Ruto fronts Raila for AU top job in secret handshake deal

The duo is lobbying African Heads of State to vote for Raila in the upcoming AU summit in Addis Ababa this month, in a move seen as an unexpected alliance between political rivals.

The current AUC Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat of Chad has served in that position for eight years after he was unanimously re-elected in February 2021.