Raila's AU bid gains steam in stiff contest, complex dynamics

Rt Hon. Raila Odinga on Friday took his African Union Commission Chairmanship Campaign to Eritrea where he held discussions with President Isaias Afwerki. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

Raila Odinga, whose bid to become Kenya’s president failed five times, may soon have a better alternative and finally bestride the whole of Africa. 

If he’s lucky this time around and everything goes according to plan, he will this coming February walk in the light of the grandiose halls of the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa as the new chairman of the continent. 

Such a win, which is at this point a possibility, not a certainty, would be Raila’s redeeming victory and could serve as the capstone to his long career.