Old clips are misshapen, showing how Kenyan leaders react to losing the 2025 AUC race

Kenya’s former leader Raila Odinga leads the African Union Commission (AUC) competition in the February 2025 election in Ethiopia. But this statement is wrong: the footage was taken in March 2023, when Odinga was banned from entering the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation (DCI) in Nairobi. Contrary to this statement, Kenyan leaders admitted their failure and congratulated Mahamoud Ali Youssouf on his victory.

“Leila lost AUC,” text overlaid in a Tiktok Posts Published on February 15, 2025.

“What kind of concession? This is a public office and I have the right to get inside. What's that law?” A clearly angry Odinga was seen in the video.

The post has been shared over 280 times.

AUC elections

Odinga Announce He plans to run for chairman AUC In February 2024, Moussa Faki Mahamat, who hopes to succeed Chad, serves four years (archived here and here).

He is officially emission Support from Kenya President William Ruto assembly Other Africa Leader Support Odinga (archive here,,,,, here and here).

But Odinga Lost Messouf after a vote held in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, February 15, 2025 here).

It was Odinga Controversial Kenya's five presidential elections lost every election in 1997, 2007, 2013, 2017 and 2022 (Archived here). He had claimed in the past that the vote was stolen from him.

However, the video clearly shows that he lashed out in anger after the AUC failure was wrong.

Old videos

AFP fact checks were conducted Reverse image search Find the original material on the key frame of the clip.

The longer version of the video is publishing March 7, 2023 on the YouTube channel of Kenya Media Citizen TV (Archive here).

The broadcaster reported that Odinga was banned from DCI's headquarters, while former cabinet secretary Fred Matiang'i was questioned.

Matian'i used to call DCI recorded a statement that the police allegedly raided his home (archive here).

Odinga can be seen wearing the same blue suit and white and blue hat in both videos.

Other local information exit Report In the event (Archive here and here).

Contrary to tiktok's claim admit Defeat and congratulate Youssouf on winning the AUC seat (Archive here).

So does he urge Kenyans avoid “blame the game” and guess their losses (reservation here).