Vihiga senator Godfrey Osotsi has has claimed that Kenya Kwanza alliance is not committed to talks between the government and the opposition aimed at cooling political temperatures in the country.
According to Osotsi, the government has shown a lack of good faith judging from their dialogue team line up in which he argues that Kenya Kwanza alliance should forward leaders of the same caliber as those forwarded by the Azimio la Umoja coalition.
Led by Majority Leader Ichung’wah, Kenya Kwanza’s team comprises Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot and Embu Governor Cecily Mbarire, Hassan Omar and Catherine Wambilianga.
Azimio’s side includes Kalonzo, Minority Party Leader Opiyo Wandayi, DAP Party Leader Eugene Wamalwa, Nyamira Senator Okon’go Omogeni and Malindi MP Amina Mnyazi.
In his view, the Kenya Kwanza team cannot be compared to Azimio’s team lead by Kalonzo Musyoka and someone else of a better repute should be handed the role.
“The leader of our team is Kalonzo Musyoka a man with an international stature look at the other side they are being led by a heckler called Kimani Ichung’wah. I hope that they will do better in these talks. [We wanted] at least someone who is comparable to Kalonzo. Maybe they should have tried somebody like my brother Musalia Mudavadi against Kalonzo that would make sense. But now bringing Ichung’wah a man who can be compared to Kariuki Chotara in the KANU days,” he said.
He also argued that at the start of the talks, the Azimio team welcomed the involvement of the public to the talks but Ichung’wah was quick to turn away the media from covering the dialogue meeting.
“You know they had challenged us they wanted it to be public and we said we are ready. When they went for the first meeting, the first person to oppose the live interview was Kimani Ichung’wah. Azimio was prepared to make it live,” he said.
Osotsi later cited that Kenya Kwanza had replicated the same mode of conduct as in the previous bipartisan talks which failed.
“It is like going into a match with team A and the other team is bringing team D to compete.”
The first round of bipartisan talks was held on August 9 conducted by a 10-member joint committee, 5 members representing each camp.