The United States Government through their Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman have released a statement following the two press conferences help by President Ruto and Azimio leader Raila.
Whitman commended the move between the two leaders to choose dialogue, saying it will be of great benefit to Kenyans.
“We welcome the agreement by President Ruto and former PM Raila Odinga to establish a bipartisan process to find solutions that benefit all Kenyans.”
“We commend both leaders for their commitment to peaceful dialogue and call on all parties to support this process,” she announced in the statement.
This comes after President William Ruto said he is ready to dialogue with the Opposition and asked him to call off the protests.
The President said he “remains open for honest, objective and sincere deliberations based on the rule of law and the Constitution”.
“I have always been ready to engage Kenyans of all walks of life, including elected and appointed leaders from across the political divide, and the religious fraternity on how to make our country better and more prosperous,” Ruto said.
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Azimio leader, Raila Odinga also addressed the nation shortly after President Ruto’s presser, calling off mass protests planned for Monday April 3.
“We have met with and listened to a diverse group of Kenyans including religious leaders from all faiths about the crisis facing our country and they have implored us to give dialogue,” Raila stated on Sunday, April 2.
“We acknowledge Mr. Ruto’s olive branch for a dialogue on key issues raised by Azimio La Umoja. To us, this is a positive development,”.