Raila’s AU Commission job hunt may prove to be an apt exit or trapdoor

railafaki

Kenya’s former prime minister Raila Odinga (L) walks with Africa Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki (R) in Nairobi, Kenya on November 8, 2018. PHOTO | NMG

Raila Odinga has always been an enigma in Kenyan politics. His performance abroad? Debatable, even when he was assigned by the African Union.

But, on Thursday, he said he was going for the African Union Commission Chairperson seat. One diplomat initially gave a brutal rating of a Raila candidacy but tampered it with an ‘if’.