The Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition has now claimed that the inclusion of Eldas Member of Parliament Adan Keynan in the Kenya Kwanza bipartisan team is motivated by ill will.
In a press conference on Thursday, April 13, Azimio’s seven-member team asked Kenya Kwanza to drop Keynan from its list of leaders set to negotiate with them [Azimio] in the bipartisan talks.
Keynan’s involvement, according to the team led by Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo, was unlawful and allegedly intended to delay the exercise.
“Hon Keynan is a member of Azimio. The issue of party discipline is one of the four cardinal issues on the table and his (Keynan) inclusion is in bad faith, unlawful, and intended to delay the process. We, therefore, request our counterparts to reconsider and replace Keynan,” said Otiende.
Amolo added that they have already prepared a draft framework of engagement to guide the negotiation process even as he decried “the delay exhibited by our Kenya Kwanza counterparts”.
“We note the delay in naming the 7-member team and that up to now they have not named their chair leaving us at a loss as to whom to engage,” Otiende lamented.
The lawmakers also warned that the negotiations will fail unless every effort is made to find solutions to the four main issues, which include lowering the cost of unga, electricity, and fuel, conducting a forensic audit of the IEBC servers, reconstituting the IEBC bipartisanly, and respecting democracy and party discipline.
