Ruto snubbed Cyril Ramaphosa’s offer to mediate, Raila
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Raila claims Ruto also turned down Cyril Ramaphosa's offer to mediate after snubbing Samia Suluhu
Raila claims Ruto also turned down Cyril Ramaphosa’s offer to mediate after snubbing Samia Suluhu.
On Wednesday, July 26, Azimio leader Raila Odinga claimed that President William Ruto had rejected Cyril Ramaphosa’s offer to mediate peace talks.
In an interview with AFP, Raila claimed that the South African president had offered to break the nation’s political deadlock, but Ruto had rejected the proposal.
Raila stated that this had transpired following Ruto’s alleged refusal to meet Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu, who had come to the country at the government’s invitation.
The former prime minister further stated that he was not going to accept Ruto’s invite for one-on-one talks unless there was a mediator.
“I insist there must be somebody between us. President Ramaphosa wants to come but he has refused. President Suluhu is there. There must be an intermediary between us. Even if it is a former president,” Raila told AFP.
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The Azimio leader did not disclose if he was the one who had reached out to Ramaphosa or if it was a personal initiative from the South African leader.
On why there must be a mediator in the talks, Raila claimed that he can not trust William Ruto.
In an earlier interview, Raila had complained of Ruto’s insincerity noting that an invite for negotiations should not have been made through social media channels.
Raila was speaking of a social media post by the President made on Tuesday, July 25, that invited him for talks.
This comes even after State House spokesperson Hussein Mohammed on Wednesday, July 26, declined to deny nor confirm that Suluhu visited the country.
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