On Saturday, June 24, President William Ruto denied allegations that Kenya was hosting General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo alias Hemeti, the leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces.
While declining to be drawn into the Sudan war, Ruto added that Kenya was not a party to the squabble, as allies of Sudan’s de facto leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, claimed.
“Well, everyone has an opinion.” We do not want to be bothered. The main accusation levelled against Kenya is that we have Hemeti in one of our Nairobi hospitals. “This is a false narrative,” Ruto said, adding that he was only concerned about the millions of Sudanese affected by the war, which was rapidly devolving into genocide.
He stated that he would work with his colleagues at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to find a solution to the Sub-Saharan African country’s humanitarian crisis.
IGAD appointed Ruto as the lead mediator in the peace talks, tasked with arranging the first face-to-face meeting between the two warring generals.
The junta faction led by General Burhan, on the other hand, was opposed, claiming that he was allied with the paramilitary wing.
Kenya, on the other hand, reiterated that only IGAD had the authority and capacity to recall the head of state.
It also urged Sudan to agree to mediate and end the conflict, which is now in its third month.
IGAD also underlined that resolutions publicised in an official communique would stay until formally revised by the eight-member bloc’s heads of state and government.
