- President William Ruto welcomed the Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) Mahmoud Youssouf at the Nairobi White House, on Thursday, June 26
- Their meeting, as revealed by Ruto, was about the reform required for the African Union
- This will be the first time for Mahmoud to meet in Nairobi several months after defeating a Kenyan candidate in the AUC chair race
Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) Mahmoud Youssouf was in Kenya for a short time on Thursday, June 26.
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He was invited to the White House, Nairobi, and the President William Ruto.
Mahmoud along with his delegation called on Ruto to tell him about rapid reforms for the African Union (AU).
“The reform of the African Union is an emergency priority to make our organization fit for the purpose of serving as the main voice of the continent. Ruto said after meeting them.
“I met with the Chairman of the Commission of Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, the Nairobi White House. The president added.
This will be Mahmoud’s first visit to Nairobi several months after defeating a Kenyan candidate in the AUC chair.
Was February 16 when Mahmoud clashed with Raila Odinga of Kenya and Richard Randriamandrato of Madagascar.
Djibouti got 33 votes and won the vote.
How did the heads of African countries vote in the AUC elections?
While the heads of 49 countries participated in the vote, the winner needed two -thirds of the total vote, and translated it to 33.
In the first round of the vote, Raila won by 20 votes, against 18 Mahmoud votes, and 10 Randiamandrato.
Having not reached the victory limit, the vote continued to the second round, where Raila received 22 votes, against 19 and 7 Mahmoud of the Madagascar candidate.
In the third round, Djibouti’s candidate defeated Raila for the first time by 23 votes. Raila got 20 votes.
The Madagascar candidate received five votes and removed from this stage.
In the fourth round, Mahmoud got 25 votes, against Raila’s 21 votes.
The vote continued until the fifth round, where the Djibouti candidate was ready to get a chance; He got 26 votes against Raila’s 21.
In the sixth phase, Raila received one vote to stand in 22 but was removed unintentionally; According to the AU election guidelines, a candidate who will not get the most votes is eliminated by the one who has the most votes to continue the next phase.
Mahmoud continued with the seventh round of one person and succeeded in winning seven votes that made him win.
He will succeed former Prime Minister Chad Moussa Faki.
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