'I am not as short as you think I am”, these were the opening words of former President Olusegun Obasanjo during the campaign launch of Raila Odinga as the chairperson candidate of the African Union Commission (AUC).
EXTRA: ‘I’m not as short as you think’ — Obasanjo jokes at Raila Odinga’s campaign launch for AUC chairObasanjo speaking in Nairobi, Kenya at the launch of Raila Odinga's campaign for AUC chairmanship
At the event, Kenyan President William Ruto invited Obasanjo to the podium to address the stakeholders. Within some seconds, a protocol officer was seen carrying a space board and putting it at the feet of the podium pulpit for Obasanjo to mount for his height to reach the microphone stand.However, when Obasanjo arrived at the podium, he removed the space board and said, “I am not as short as you think I am”.Odinga was the prime minister of Kenya between 2008 and 2013.
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