Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has shed light on his party leader Raila Odinga's new role in President William Ruto's government, revealing that Raila was Ruto's representative on high-profile matters pertaining to Kenya and the East African region.
While speaking during the funeral service of Dagoretti North Member of Parliament Beatrice Elachi's son Elvis Murakana, Sifuna seemingly confirmed Raila's enhanced status within the government that has seen him becoming Ruto's right-hand man. "On behalf of my party leader, Raila Odinga, who you know is outside the country on official national duty.
They denied us the African Union Commission (Chairmanship) job, but we will still do that job because there is no one to do that job," Sifuna stated.
This was especially after Ruto's decision to appoint Raila as Kenya's special envoy to South Sudan following the arrest of the country's first Vice President, Riek Machar.
