The Azimio la Umoja team addressed the press barely one day before the bipartisan debate begins.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Azimio La Umoja team, led by Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, and Martha Karua, came out to put out the conditions that the Kenya Kwanza regime must meet before the discussions can begin.
Odinga-led team, in particular, threatened that they would not participate in any strictly parliamentary discourse. The team has stated that they have asked their team to solely engage in extra-parliamentary discussions that will include other stakeholders and take place outside parliament.
Azimio made the statement after meeting with delegates and a seven-member delegation that would participate in bipartisan negotiations beginning on Thursday directing Hon Otiende Amollo who is the team leader of the Bipartisan talks to meet the Kenya Kwanza regime.
Azimio blamed Kenya Kwanza, alleging they are not entering the discussions with pure hearts and intents, and that Ruto has ignored three of their demands.
“Kenya Kwanza has no plans to hold the talks at all.” When Ruto invited us or spoke with us, he did not include all we had requested. He ignored critical concerns such as the cost of living and electoral injustice,” part of the statement read.
“The inclusion of Azimio members in his team has exacerbated the delay in naming their chairman and leadership.” We learned last night that KKA has proposed forming a joint select committee in parliament. “The motion is in bad faith because we insisted on an extra-parliamentary process,” Kalonzo said.
They insisted that the debate focus on four highlighted issues: the cost of Unga, fuel and energy, forensic examination of the servers, and bipartisan engagement talks of IEBC constitution.
He further stated that Kenya Kwanza cannot tell them what they can and cannot bring to the table. Instead, Kalonzo stated that Azimio has asked the Leader of the Minority in the National Assembly to organize a meeting with their Kenya Kwanza counterparts so that they may explain their guidelines and findings to them before Thursday.
“We remain committed to honest, transparent, and meaningful extra-parliamentary dialogue.” Our legislators will not participate in any other process. “We have directed Otiende Amollo to invite the KKA team to set the rules for the talks,” Kalonzo said.
