How Raila Odinga fell: Factors that cost Kenya top African Union job

 Raila Odinga with his family  and Makau Mutua at AUC Headquarters shortly after the election.

In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Kenya’s bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairmanship suffered a major blow Saturday, February 15 as regional disunity, a united Francophone bloc, and a last-minute Southern African Development Community (SADC) solidarity move sealed former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s fate.