Kenya's glaring mistakes that cost Raila AUC chairmanship

President William and African Union Commission candidate Raila Odinga in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the AUC election on Saturday. [PCS]

Kenya's failed bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship was not just a personal setback for Raila Odinga, it was a national diplomatic failure with significant geopolitical consequences.

While some have rushed to frame this loss as a personal defeat for Raila, the reality is far more sobering. This was not about an individual but about Kenya's place at the high table of African leadership.