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Raila Odinga has made fresh demands that risk rocking the bipartisan talks opened by President William Ruto.

05 April, 2023
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Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga has made fresh demands that risk rocking the bipartisan talks opened by President William Ruto on Sunday.

 


The two were rivals in last year's presidential election and have agreed to hold talks on the reconstitution of the electoral commission after the opposition suspended protests.

President Ruto insists the bi-partisan talks should be done through parliament, and has not commented on the opposition's demands for the agenda to also include the soaring cost of living.

On Tuesday Mr Odinga said the rising prices has to be discussed and insisted President Ruto should expand the talks beyond parliament.

He said a strictly parliamentary process may not address their concerns and proposed broad-based talks akin to what led to the 2008 National Accord - a post-election deal brokered by the then UN chief Koffi Annan.

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