Raila ditches bipartisan talks with Kenya Kwanza in Parliament
Raila announces Azimio will not participate in the bipartisan talks with Kenya Kwanza if the process is purely parliamentary
Raila announces Azimio will not participate in the bipartisan talks with Kenya Kwanza if the process is purely parliamentary.
The Azimio la Umoja Coalition maintains it will not take part in bipartisan talks if the process is parliamentary.
The coalition has pointed an accusing finger at the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, accusing them of having no intention for dialogue.
In a statement by Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka in Nairobi on Tuesday, April 18, the Raila Odinga-led coalition also wants the government to cover hospital bills for Kenyans hurt during its weekly protests.
“We reiterate the call that the regime must immediately take up the hospital bills of all Kenyans who sustained injuries as a result of police brutality during the recent protests and pay reparations for those who lost property,” said Musyoka.
“Last evening, we learned of a motion drafted by the Kenya Kwanza leadership allegedly aimed at setting up a joint select committee in Parliament. The motion is in absolute bad faith…we have insisted on an extra-parliamentary process in view of the strictures of debate in Parliament. We will therefore not participate in any such parliamentary process,” Azimio said.
He said the process needs extra-parliamentary dialogue.
He also said the state should also pay repatriation to Kenyans who lost their properties during protests.
The Odinga team maintains that the dialogue must include the prices of maize flour (Unga), fuel, and electricity coming down, as well as the audit of servers.
“They cannot dictate to us what we cannot bring to the table.”
Azimion also claims that the president and his team have no intention of dialogue saying, they have displayed bad faith from the beginning.
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“When Ruto invited us for talks, he did not in his speech, capture the entire framework for talks as had been agreed upon with the emissaries he sent to us,” Musyoka said.
This comes as the National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani on Monday Ichung’wah unpacked before the House Business Committee their demand ahead of the bi-partisan talks with Azimio.
The Kenya Kwanza team wanted the bipartisan talks with the Opposition to take 90 days.
Opposition Chief last week already signalled a return to the bi-weekly demonstrations amid plans for a parliamentary-led bi-partisan talk between Azimio la Umoja One Kenya and Kenya Kwanza.
He said that the coalition will resume anti-government protests after the holy Month of Ramadhan.
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