Raila says Azimio ready to explore other options if bi-partisans talks seem unpromising
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Azimio leadership says they will take another move if the ongoing bipartisan talks with the government seem unpromising
Azimio leadership says they will take another move if the ongoing bipartisan talks with the government seem unpromising.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga and co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka on Sunday addressed a roadside rally in Magena Town, Kisii County, where they said the opposition will not waste time in dialogue without signs their issues will be addressed.
Azimio, among other things, wants a reduction in the cost of living, an audit of the 2022 General Election servers, bipartisan reconstitution of the IEBC, as well as its inclusion in national affairs and what he describes as respect for political parties.
“Before we talk of 2027, we must settle 2022 and that is why we have the bipartisan talks. We want to settle election injustice,” Musyoka, who is leading the Azimio delegation in the talks, told supporters.
“Raila amesema tuwaangalie kwa macho kwa ile kikao na kama hawana haja then we shall think otherwise. We can’t waste time.”
Raila said they stopped anti-government protests to give the government a chance through dialogue but if President William Ruto’s administration will not cooperate, they will not hesitate to announce another way of airing their grievances.
“Sisi tunakubali mazungumzo, ndio maana tumeweka Kalonzo hapo. Tutawapa nafasi vizuri ili wazungumze na wakileta nyokonyoko si mko tayari?” posed the former Prime Minister who holds his presidential victory in the 2022 polls was stolen from him by Dr Ruto.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said an audit of the 2022 presidential election results should be foregone as an agenda in the bipartisan talks.
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During a church service in Laare town, Meru County, Gachagua argued that the decision by the Supreme Court to validate President William Ruto’s victory cannot be reversed and hence the matter should be off the table.
“There is no constitutional provision for anybody to audit a General Election. That audit was done by the Supreme Court and you were declared validly elected and sworn in as the President of Kenya,” he said.
“That we don’t agree with and we would like to ask that agenda to be dropped from those talks because the matter was concluded, you were sworn in on the 13th of September, you are doing a good job and nobody is complaining.”
The national dialogue team has settled on a five-point agenda of deliberation; Outstanding Constitutional matters; Electoral justice and related matters; Entrenching funds into the Constitution; Establishment and entrenchment of State offices; and Fidelity to Political Parties/Coalitions and the law on multiparty democracy.
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