Raila gives Ruto fresh ultimatums before bipartisan talks resume
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Raila gives Ruto fresh ultimatums on Uhuru ouster among other issues before bipartisan talks resume
Raila gives Ruto fresh ultimatums on Uhuru ouster among other issues before bipartisan talks resume.
Azimio Leader Raila Odinga on Thursday, May 4, issued a new demand to President William Ruto barely hours after calling off anti-government protests.
In a statement, Raila accused President Ruto of being behind the wrangles in the former ruling Jubilee Party.
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) chief claimed that the attempted coup against Uhuru’s leadership at the Jubilee Party had savagely affected the Azimio faction.
“We demand an end to the interference in the management and operations of Political parties with a view to co-opting or paralyzing those parties,” Raila stated.
A section of Jubilee Party leaders led by East African Legislative Assembly (MP) Kanini Kega on Tuesday, 2 May, ousted Uhuru as their leader.
In Uhuru’s place, Kega’s wing appointed Nominated Member of Parliament Sabina Chege as the Jubilee Party leader in an acting capacity.
In addition, Raila said the dialogue process must be expanded to include participants outside Parliament for inclusivity.
“We still believe the talks cannot be driven entirely and exclusively through a parliamentary process. There must be an avenue to be inclusive and allow for the participation of players from outside Parliament in the talks,” Raila said.
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He said such a structure will create an avenue for the inclusion of other outstanding constitutional issues to be canvased in the talks.
“We have instructed our delegates to raise this,” Raila said.
The Azimio leader also reiterated his earlier demand that the talks be concluded within 30 days from the date of commencement.
Raila has further said all the youths who are in police custody in relation to the Azimio protests must be released before the resumption of the talks.
He said their other demands on the Kenya Kwanza government remain unchanged as they gear for the resumption of the bipartisan talks.
This includes a reduction of the cost of living, an audit of the 2022 presidential election results, restructuring and reconstitution of the IEBC and an end to the interference of management and operations of political parties with a view of co-opting them in government to weaken them.
The new demands come barely 24 hours after Azimio called off Thursday’s mass demonstrations to give dialogue a chance.
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