Mudavadi, NIS boss Haji should resign for misleading Raila in AUC contest: MP Amisi

MP Amisi believes that the two should resign for what he terms misleading the former Kenyan Prime Minister in failing to provide intelligence on the odds that were stacked against him in the tight race.

"The purpose of NIS is to provide intelligence useful to help the country safeguard her sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as achieve her objectives," he wrote on X.

"In this AUC campaign, Noordin Haji failed miserably. By now Musalia and Haji should have resigned for lying and subjecting Baba to a loss that he doesn't deserve!" 

He therefore noted that the two should be faulted for "lying and subjecting Baba to a loss that he doesn't deserve. 

Odinga lost the race in a 7 round voting exercise conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Saturday.

Odinga won the first two rounds of voting but then went on to lose the next rounds to Djibouti's candidate Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.

In the first round, he garnered 20 votes against Mahamoud’s 18, while Richard Randriamandrato of Madagascar bagged 10 votes. 

In the second round, he secured 22 votes, Mahamoud got 19, and Randriamandrato received 7 votes as one nation abstained.

Tables turned in the third round after Odinga received 20 votes, losing to Mahamoud who rose to first place with 23 votes.

Mahamoud maintained his lead in the fourth round scoring 25 votes against Raila’s 21 votes. There was one spoilt vote while one nation abstained.

Mahamoud garnered 26 votes while Raila scored 21 in the fifth as one nation abstained.

In the 6th round, Mahamoud garnered similar votes, while Raila got 22 votes with one abstention.

Raila was then dropped from the vote with Mahamoud remaining the only candidate in the seventh round as he secured two-thirds of the votes.

Meanwhile, political leaders, led by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, have lauded Odinga's grit in the race and commended President William Ruto for supporting his bid.