- Ruto said Algeria has also offered Kenya support in her plan to deploy 1000 police officers to Haiti for a peacekeeping mission.
- Additionally, the head of state noted that Algeria supports Kenya's agricultural sector.
President William Ruto on Friday met with Algeria's President Tebboune Amadjid on the sidelines of G7 meeting in Italy where he pledged to support Raila Odinga's bid to chair the African Union Commission. https://shorturl.at/qxSyy
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President William Ruto on Friday said Algeria has pledged to support Raila Odinga's bid to chair the African Union Commission.
Ruto said he met with Algeria's President Tebboune Amadjid on Friday on the sidelines of G7 meeting in Italy where the two had a discussion on the AUC chairmanship bid.
"I have held a discussion with President Tebboune Amadjid, Algeria, on the sidelines of G7 meeting in Apulia, Italy, who has pledged support for Kenya's Africa Union Commission chairmanship bid," Ruto said.
Ruto said Kenya and Algeria hold a joint position on reforms of the African Union and International Financial Architecture that seeks to create equity and inclusion.
Additionally, the head of state noted that Algeria supports Kenya's agricultural sector.
"Kenya is grateful to the government of Algeria for its support for the agricultural sector especially through the provision of fertilizer," he said.
Ruto said Algeria has also offered Kenya support in her plan to deploy 1,000 police officers to Haiti for a peacekeeping mission.
"We are also thankful to Algeria for her financial support for the Kenya-led UN security mission for Haiti," he said.
The government through Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi announced on June 5 it is setting up an elaborate secretariat for the AU Chairmanship bid by Azimio Chief Raila Odinga.
The Secretariat will be charged with the day-to-day coordination of all Raila’s campaign activities.
Mudavadi announced the secretariat will be made up of top government bureaucrats as well as Raila’s men.
"Today I want to update the nation on Kenyan candidacy for the AUC, let me thank Raila for the fruitful meeting and discussions we have had this morning," he said.
“It (the secretariat) will prepare all the briefs for use by the candidate, develop campaign materials including digital presence, and prepare for the public debate to be broadcast live for African citizens," Mudavadi said.
The team whose face is yet to be made public first assignment will be to prepare the application documents to beat the August 6 deadline for submissions of applications.
"The team is firming up preparatory and application documents together with requisite translations of the resume into six languages; Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French, English and Kiswahili."
A source at the PCS office who was part of the morning meeting intimated to the Star that the secretariat will be unveiled soon once each side fronts its members to the team.