Revealed! Ruto prevailed upon Azimio to call off demonstrations because of high-profile visitors
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Ruto prevailed upon Azimio to call off demonstrations because of high-profile visitors in the country as Raila warns him of the last chance
Ruto prevailed upon Azimio to call off demonstrations because of high-profile visitors in the country as Raila warns him of the last chance.
Azimio leader Raila Odinga has warned that the Opposition coalition would return to the streets if the government side does not show goodwill or honesty in the bi-partisan talks to resolve the August 2022 post-election stalemate.
The Azimio leader issued the warning yesterday as details of how behind-the-scenes manoeuvres by both sides culminated in the calling off of anti-government protests emerged.
Raila’s warning comes even after revealations that Ruto prevailed upon the Opposition to call off the protests, partly because of the high-profile visitors currently in the country.
Some of the high profile figures who have been in the country for the last days are Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgiev, World Meteorological Organisation Secretary-General Petteri Taalas, African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki, International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) President Alvaro Lario, and Canadian Foreign minister Melanie Joly.
Along with removing Eldas MP Adan Keynan from the bipartisan committee, as the opposition had sought, the two sides allegedly also agreed to fast-track proposals to amend the Constitution to create the posts of the Leader of Official Opposition and Prime Minister.
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Speaking to the media yesterday, the leader of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party demanded that the talks take place within 30 days rather than the 90 days that the Kenya Kwanza Alliance had suggested.
He accused the Ruto team of using delaying tactics to fizzle out the momentum in the nationwide protests.
The opposition further emphasized that in order to include parties outside of the two Houses, the negotiations have to continue outside of Parliament.
“We will not hesitate to resort to alternative measures at the slightest indication of lack of goodwill and honesty on Kenya Kwanza side. If, through intransigence, delaying tactics and other aspects of stonewalling Kenya Kwanza forces us to abandon the talks, there shall be no turning back,” the coalition said in a statement read by Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) leader Eugene Wamalwa.
A member of Kenya Kwanza bi-partisan team yesterday suggested they agreed to resume talks to keep the opposition busy and away from the streets.
“We have always insisted that it has to be parliamentary. They know that is the only option available but they have resorted to playing to the public gallery through unrealistic demands,” said the source.
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