Raila Odinga, Kenya’s nominee for African Union Commission chairperson, will face off against his primary opponents on Wednesday in a high-stakes debate broadcast live throughout Africa.
The competition for the continental top job is heating up, and Kenya is putting everything on the line to win in the February poll.
The Mjadala Afrika Leadership Debate will take place from 1900 to 2100 Eastern Africa Time.
Raila will face Anil Gayan (Mauritius), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (Djibouti) and Richard Randriamandrato (Madagascar).
This is the first time the AUC candidates will be sharing a platform since declaring interest to succeed Chad’s Moussa Faki.
The Africa Leadership Debate, or Mjadala Afrika, provides candidates an opportunity to outline their vision of how they would lead the transformation of Africa.
The debate allows African citizens and stakeholders to ask questions of the candidates.
The engagement to be held in Adds Ababa, Ethiopia, will be televised in all the six official working languages of the AU: English, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish and Kiswahili.
