Saboti Member of Parliament Caleb Amisi has called for the resignation of Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director General Noordin Haji following Raila Odinga’s African Union Commission (AUC) loss.
In a statement on Saturday, February 15, Amisi said the NIS failed by misrepresenting Kenya’s level of support in the AUC bid.
He claimed that Mudavadi and Haji lied to Raila leading to his role for the top AUC seat.
“The purpose of NIS is to provide intelligence useful to help the country safeguard her sovereignty and territorial integrity as well as achieve her objectives. In this AUC campaign Noordin Haji failed miserably. By now Musalia and Haji should have resigned for lying and subjecting Baba to a loss that he doesn't deserve,” Amisi stated.
On Saturday, Raila was eliminated from the race after an intense round of secret balloting at the Nelson Mandela Hall in Addis Ababa.
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In the first round of the vote, Raila won with 20 votes, against Youssouf Mahmoud's 18 votes, and Randiamandrato's 10. In the second round, Raila garnered 22 votes, against Mahmoud's 19 and 7 for the Madagascar candidate.
In round three, the Djibouti candidate edged over Raila with 23 votes. Raila got 20 votes. Madagascar's candidate got five votes and was eliminated in this stage.
In the fourth four, Mahmoud garnered 25 votes, against Raila's 21.
The vote proceeded to round five, where the Djibouti candidate Mahmoud got 26 votes, with Raila amassing 21.
In round six, Mahmoud garnered 26 votes against Raila's 22. Raila was eliminated and the vote moved to the seventh round where Mahmoud was declared the winner of the election after garnering 33 votes.
Speaking after the loss, Raila conceded defeat, and congratulated Mahmoud, wishing him success in his leadership journey.
“I therefore concede defeat and want us to use this as an example of strengthening democracy on our continent. I wish Mahamoud Ali Youssouf all the best and success in his undertaking,” he said.
