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All systems go for Raila AUC contest as gender rule set to be dropped
Azimio leader Raila Odinga during a press briefing and presentation of the National Dialogue Committee report at Capital Hill Nairobi on March 8, 2024.
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- The Council’s decision will now have to be approved by the Assembly, comprised of the heads of state and government of the 55-member bloc. It is only after the Assembly approves that it will become official regulation at the AU.
Kenya’s bid to front one of its own for the next African Union Commission Chairperson’s seat has got easier, after the continental body’s Council of Ministers dropped two key proposals.
According to Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, the continental bloc will no longer demand that the next African Union Chairperson be a woman. They also agreed that the next Chairperson be from Eastern Africa although the region will have autonomy to agree on who runs. Mr Mudavadi is also Kenya’s Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Cabinet Secretary.
