ODM leader Raila Odinga has addressed his meeting with President William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni that was held in Uganda.
Odinga said that the trio discussed about his candidature for the AU chairmanship, and that both heads of state agreed to support him.
After that, Museveni and Ruto discussed about the oil issues between Kenya and Uganda and came to a consensus.
Raila however made it clear that his decision to join the African Union’s top leadership doesn’t mean that he is leaving.
“Let me respond to some issues being raised. I am not going anywhere. I am around. I have been running around trying to get support of different heads of states. I was with some in Namibia just the other day and I went to the president of Uganda after I talked to him about support. We met there with Mr Ruto also went there to talk about issues they have in oil, G to G
“After we talked about we talked about my candidature, they talked about the issue of oil among themselves . I asked for their support and both of them agreed that they would support me. Museveni said that he would be the one to propose me as the chair of the African union Commission and I said thank you very much but I said I am not going away Addis Ababa is only 2hours away from Nairobi, whenever I am called I will answer. I am ready to work with you people,” the former prime minister said.
Raila was speaking during the Homa Bay Investment Conference of Wednesday. The three-day event is being held at the Tom Mboya University.
Raila Odinga: Let me respond to some issues being raised. I am not going anywhere, I am around. I have been running around trying to get support from different heads of state. I went to the President of Uganda after I had talked to him to go and ask for his support. We met there… pic.twitter.com/9bpBUAzs4A
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) February 28, 2024
