Ruto fronts Raila for AU top job in secret handshake deal

When Azimio leader Raila Odinga shook hands with President William Ruto in a past event. [File, Standard]

President William Ruto is fronting Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga for a top African Union position in a deal that could tilt the political landscape and complicate the 2027 presidential election matrix.

Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs and Diaspora CS Musalia Mudavadi is expected to lead Kenya's push to have Raila elected chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) during the inter-ministerial conference of the AU meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that begins today.

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