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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni discussed with Kenya's William Ruto about Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga's candidacy for the top African Union (AU) position. Authorities in Zimbabwe are continuing the
Mr Odinga is seeking support from different African countries to help him succeed current AU Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat when his term ends in February next year. search for an Australian tourist who was reported missing last Friday.
Mr Museveni hosted both Mr Ruto and Mr Odinga at his Kisozi country home on Monday. The authorities had earlier said that
“I am very grateful to President Museveni for strongly endorsing my candidacy and to President Ruto for fully backing it,”Mr Odinga shared on X, formerly Twitter. the 67-year-old man, whose identity has not been disclosed, went missing on
The meeting of the three leaders appears to have surprised many in both countries. Friday in the rainforest inside the Victoria Falls National Park.
This follows recent rivalry between Kenya and Uganda and between Mr Ruto and Mr Odinga. A search to find him was launched the same day,
Last year, Mr Odinga led a series of nationwide protests against President Ruto's government over the cost of living, sparking political tensions between the leaders. with park rangers, police officers and ground trackers deployed to find him, aided by drones and sniffer dogs.
In November, a bitter row over fuel supplies erupted between Kenya and landlocked Uganda, with Mr Museveni saying his country was being "cheated" by "parasites" and middlemen in Kenya. The tourist had been staying at a lodge near the
Following the meeting on Monday, President Ruto shared on X that he and President Museveni have “agreed on a way forward” and that “the issues affecting the flow of petroleum products between Kenya and Uganda are being resolved”. park, and had told the lodge’s management he was going to visit the park before he went missing.
Read more: In new details released on Monday, the authorities
How Kenya stands to lose from Uganda oil row said the tourist had disappeared on 17 February and did not
appear to have entered the forest.
“We have replayed the CCTV footage, physical
records at the entrance of the falls have no record of him entering and our
search team has been checking the rain forest. There is no sign of him,” Zimbabwe
National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo told
The AP news agency.
“We are looking at other leads because it seems
he never entered the rainforest."
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