Kenya Kwanza, Azimio bipartisan talks resume
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National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula (4th left) with members of the bipartisan talks committee at Parliament buildings in Nairobi. PHOTO: FILE/CITIZEN DIGITAL
Bipartisan talks between the ruling Kenya Kwanza Alliance and the opposition
Azimio La Umoja coalition party resume Wednesday.
According
to a communique from the 10-member National Dialogue Committee steering the
talks, Wednesday’s proceedings start at 10 a.m.
They
will be held largely behind closed doors, the committee said.
The
dialogue team continues to deliberate on its five-point agenda;
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.
Azimio has previously said they will take another move if the bipartisan talks seem
unpromising.
Odinga and Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka last
month said the opposition will not waste time in
dialogue without signs their issues will be addressed.
“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 a roadside rally in Kisii County on September 2.
“Raila
amesema tuwaangalie kwa macho kwa ile kikao na kama hawana haja then we shall
think otherwise. We can't waste time.”
Odinga
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 last year's
polls was stolen from him by Dr Ruto.
Odinga
has previously threatened the
return of street demonstrations if the talks are not fruitful. The
recent round of demos left over 20 people dead.
Previous
talks in April and May broke down as both sides accused each other of sabotage.
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