Azimio responds after snubbing bipartisan meeting with Kenya Kwanza
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Lack of honesty by Kenya Kwanza side forced the Azimio coalition to snub bipartisan meeting according to committee co-chair Otiende Amollo
Lack of honesty by Kenya Kwanza side forced the Azimio coalition to snub bipartisan meeting according to committee co-chair Otiende Amollo.
Members of the Azimio in the bipartisan talks have given an explanation on why they skipped a meeting last Tuesday that was attended by their Kenya Kwanza counterparts.
According to Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo, their counterparts failed to co-sign and submit letters addressed to the IEBC CEO and the chairperson of the IEBC selection panel.
“We went there with clean hearts but they were not committed. We wrote letters but they refused to co-sign and that is where we realized they are taking us in rounds…thinking we are fools,” Otiende said.
“I am a lawyer and I understand this that is why we informed our leader (Raila) about our decision to quit,” he added.
In the letters, Azimio wanted the recruitment of commissioners to be suspended until the conclusion of the talks and an assurance that IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein be ordered to preserve the servers and the data therein.
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However, his committee co-chair George Muragara maintained that some demands were unreasonable and unattainable.
“We do not know why they are not coming back to the table because they had made several demands which were possibly not met according to them,” he told the press.
Murugara also affirmed that they were still open to talks should the Azimio faction decide to come back to the table.
Azimio suspended the talks indefinitely on May 31 through a letter addressed to Murugara.
“In the circumstances, it is our considered opinion that the appropriate action is to adjourn the talks sine die, in accordance with Clause 36 of the Framework Agreement, which we hereby invoke,” it adds.
Azimio at the same time warned that they will be no elections in the country until they reach an agreement on how to appoint the IEBC commissioners.
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