President William Ruto has told the opposition to forget about getting a share of government.
Ruto says the opposition’s demands can only be addressed by a bipartisan team in Parliament.
Ruto blatantly rejected opposition leader Raila Odinga’s calls for an externally mediated national dialogue to address demands fronted by the Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya coalition.
The President says he won’t entertain any attempts by the opposition to bargain for cooperation, coalition or handshake government witnessed in previous administrations of President Daniel Arap Moi, Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Instead, he asked Raila to agree to the proposed engagement through parliament or prepare for the 2027 presidential polls.
“They (opposition) should stop bothering us. I heard them saying that they want an arrangement similar to the Koffi Annan talks that gave them nusu mkate government. We want to tell the old man (Raila) that he should forget about the handshake or any coalition arrangement. Our focus is to serve the people,” Ruto said.
Ruto had on Sunday proposed a parliamentary committee to handle the opposition’s demands on the reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).