{"id":2852,"date":"2024-06-05T12:23:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T12:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2024-06-05T12:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T12:28:07","slug":"raila-odinga-commends-kenya-kwanzas-support-for-au-commission-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/raila-odinga-commends-kenya-kwanzas-support-for-au-commission-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Raila Odinga Commends Kenya Kwanza&#8217;s Support for AU Commission Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Azimio leader Raila Odinga has praised the support he is receiving from the Kenya Kwanza administration in his bid for the African Union Commission chairmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raila expressed his gratitude for the number of senior government officials who have shown willingness to join his campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis support stems from an understanding that we are united as Kenya, beyond partisan political parties. I appreciate their offer of support,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-10.png 750w, https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-10-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During a joint media briefing with Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, Raila emphasized the importance of backing from Kenya Kwanza for his success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to reiterate that I am vying for a position within Africa, not within the government of the Republic of Kenya,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that in his meeting with Mudavadi, they exchanged updates on the progress of his bid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe discussed the preparations from both my side and the government\u2019s side, and the necessary next steps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-11.png 750w, https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-11-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Raila mentioned that Mudavadi provided an overview of the current situation, detailing the levels of preparation and commitment within the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI assured the team that I am leveraging my experience and relationships to the fullest,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mudavadi affirmed Raila&#8217;s qualifications to lead the AU, emphasizing that this effort transcends local politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-12.png 686w, https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-12-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe support Raila because he is qualified and a Kenyan. This is about national interests, not local politics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azimio leader Raila Odinga has praised the support he is receiving from the Kenya Kwanza administration in his bid for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,31,15],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-2852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-county","category-politics","category-trends","tag-raila-odinga-commends-kenya-kwanzas-support-for-au-commission-bid"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-12.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2856,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions\/2856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}