Raila’s competitor for the African Union (AU) Chairmanship has complained that she has been threatened to quit the race months to elections.
Speaking during a press briefing, Fawzia Yusuf Adam who is Raila’s AU Competitor from Somalia has claimed that she has been pressurised to step down from the race against former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
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According to Fawzia, the pressure she allegedly received was from two Djiboutian leaders, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre to step down.
On her revelation, she was called to a National Consultative Council (NCC) meeting between the two and other leaders during which she alleges that she was asked to stop running for the position.
However, the Somalia candidate said that she was not given reasons as to why she should step down from the race and said that she will not agree to the threats and will not stop running for the Chairmanship position.
Currently, Fawzia Yusuf Adam will be facing two candidates namely Raila Odinga from Kenya and two other candidates from across the continent in the coming elections for the position.
If elected, the new chairperson will be tasked with the role of administrator and enforcer of the AU. The chairperson will prepare the budget and champion AU’s objectives and interests in the global arena.
Additionally, the chairperson is also mandated to facilitate the functioning, decision making and reporting of all AU organ meetings, and ensure conformity and harmony with agree AU policies, strategies, programmes and projects.
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Elections are scheduled to happen on February 2025 at the 38th AU summit to select the new chairperson to represent the AU.