{"id":134712,"date":"2025-01-17T19:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique"},"modified":"2025-01-22T21:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:37:50","slug":"raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique","title":{"rendered":"Raila takes AUC campaigns to Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has taken his African Union Commission chairperson campaigns to Mozambique as he rallies southern African Countries.<\/p>\n<p>Raila this week embarked on campaigns targeting Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries as he seeks support for his AUC bid.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after meeting his longtime friend and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Raila landed in Maputo on Friday for a crucial leg of his campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>In Maputo, Raila was hosted by newly sworn-in President Daniel Francisco Chapo for AUC campaign talks.<\/p>\n<p>Chapo was sworn in this week as Mozambique&#8217;s President in a ceremony witnessed by Kenya&#8217;s Deputy President Kithure Kindiki.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you Mr President for the opportunity to share with you my vision for Africa and my quest to be the AUC Chairperson. Obrigado!&#8221; Raila wrote in his X account.<\/p>\n<p>This week Raila traversed SADC countries including South Africa, Lesotho Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique as he ramps up his AUC campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Raila also held talks with Zimbabwe&#8217;s President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week as part of his campaigns targeting the crucial SADC block.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prime Minister has hosted us in Maseru. Thank you for your time and the opportunity to share my vision if elected the African Union Commission Chairperson,&#8221; Raila said after meeting Lesotho&#8217;s Prime Minister Sam Matekane.<\/p>\n<p>Raila is facing Djibouti\u2019s Mahamoud Youssouf in his battle for the top continental job in next month&#8217;s poll in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p>Raila has intensified continental campaigns and meetings with heads of state and government in the African Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Raila is sprinting in the last month of the campaigns, scouring for votes across the continent and leaving no capital to enhance his chances of making history.<\/p>\n<p>Following Raila\u2019s latest forays into Southern Africa\u2019s nations, his secretariat appears to have fewer than 10 endorsements to call the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Youssouf who had in September last year received support from the Arab League of about 27 states has maintained low-key campaign schedules marked with occasional hiatus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Kenya<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has taken his African Union Commission chairperson campaigns to Mozambique as he rallies southern African Countries. Raila this week embarked on campaigns targeting Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries as he seeks support for his AUC bid. Hours after meeting his longtime friend and South African President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":134711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[544],"class_list":["post-134712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Raila takes AUC campaigns to Mozambique - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has taken his African Union Commission chairperson campaigns to Mozambique as he rall ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raila takes AUC campaigns to Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has taken his African Union Commission chairperson campaigns to Mozambique as he rall ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-17T19:11:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-22T21:37:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/sm_1737133380.102754.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1066\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"641\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Raila takes AUC campaigns to Mozambique\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-17T19:11:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-22T21:37:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique\"},\"wordCount\":345,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/sm_1737133380.102754.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/raila-takes-auc-campaigns-to-mozambique\",\"name\":\"Raila takes AUC campaigns to Mozambique - 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