Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday made a stop in Bujumbura, Burundi, in a last-minute campaign for his candidature to replace Moussa Faki Mahamat as the African Union Commission (AUC) chairman.

As he met President Évariste Ndayishimiye, the ODM leader has history to look back to and avoid the pitfalls that saw Kenya lose the seat in 2017.

Raila faces Djibouti’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mahamoud Youssouf, and former Madagascar Foreign Minister, Richard Randriamandrato, in elections slated for Saturday, a high-stakes affair for Raila and President William Ruto.