Mudavadi leaves for Addis Ababa to ‘lead last-minute campaigns’ for Raila’s AUC bid

As the African Union Commission (AUC) election of the Commissioners, and Chairperson position comes to the homestretch, Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign & Diaspora Affairs, today leaves for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to lead the last-minute campaigns for Raila Odinga’s Chair bid on February 12-17, 2025.

Raila’s victory as the Chairperson of the AUC will leverage Kenya’s position in the continent, and put a Kenyan at the helm of the key decision making in the continent where he will be the amplifying voice and bargaining power of Africa.

Under his tenure, Raila’s agenda will be to scale up efforts to, bridge the infrastructural development gap, integration, economic transformation, enhancing intra Africa trade through African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA), financial independence, agricultural transformation, climate action, peace security, youth empowerment, and gender equity & equality in the continent.

During the visit to Addis, Mudavadi will attend African Union’s (AU) 46th Session of the Executive Council to be held on 12th and 14th February, 2025 at the level of Foreign Ministers of AU Member States where they will vote the AUC commissioners.

The 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, will precede the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of African Union Summit themed: “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” to be attended by President William Ruto.

Other key meetings Mudavadi will attend include; African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AU CEVAWG), Changing the story on Malaria: A big push to deliver a Malaria-free Africa, High-Level event on Immunization Themed “Rearming Africa’s Commitment to Immunization alongside other sideline events.

He will also accompany President Ruto when the Head of State chairs the meeting of the Committee of the African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), and also when he gives a progress report to the Assembly on the AU Institutional Reforms as the Champion on the Institutional Reforms of the AU.