In order to become the next chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Raila will require the support of two-thirds of the 55 AU member states, translating to 33 votes.
If successful, he will succeed Chad’s Moussa Faki. Azimio’s Raila Odinga is running against Djibouti’s Mohamoud Youssouf and Richard Randriamandrato of Madagascar.
So far African heads of state have pledged their support for Raila. These include Kenya, Togo, Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Seychelles, Mauritius, Rwanda, Burundi, Algeria, South Sudan and Eritrea.
Under the AU rules, the voting is done by secret ballot and shall continue until one of the candidates obtains the two-thirds majority vote.
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