{"id":99306,"date":"2023-07-30T19:16:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/police-on-alert-for-demos-despite-talks-gachagua-tells-azimio"},"modified":"2023-07-30T19:35:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T19:35:52","slug":"police-on-alert-for-demos-despite-talks-gachagua-tells-azimio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/police-on-alert-for-demos-despite-talks-gachagua-tells-azimio","title":{"rendered":"Police on alert for demos despite talks, Gachagua tells Azimio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has maintained the police will remain on standby despite talks between the government and the opposition. The country\u2019s second-command on Sunday insisted that unless Azimio committed to non-violence, law enforcers would continue being on standby.<\/p>\n

According to Rigathi, the opposition are yet to commit to non-violence. Speaking when he presided over laying of a chapel foundation at Alliance High School in Kiambu county, the DP disclosed that committing to non-violence was a precondition for mediation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince we have not seen commitment that you denounce violence these police officers are on standby,\u201d Rigathi said.<\/p>\n

He however welcomed the talks being spearheaded by ex-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. \u201cWe welcome talks; we welcome non-violent way of solving issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

In two separate statement on Saturday, Azimio and Kenya Kwanza agreed to form a ten-member committee to steer the talks, five from each side. The two sides however differed on the terms of reference. They termed it a collective determination to resolve their differences amicably for the benefit of Kenyans.<\/p>\n

“The committee shall be seized with the following five issues: reconstitution of IEBC; implementation of two thirds gender rule, entrenchment of constituency development fund, establishment and entrenchment of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition and embedment of the office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary,” National Assembly Majority Leader Kiamni Ichung’wah said.<\/p>\n

The committee will include four members from outside Parliament, two from each side, leaders of the majority and minority from the National Assembly and four additional Members of Parliament -two from each side.<\/p>\n

Rigathi defended police officers who have been accused of using excessive force against unarmed protestors. The DP said police acted professionally in combating demonstrators who were out to destroy both public and private property.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe police never went to anybody\u2019s home, you came to the streets to stone them and destroy properties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose police officers have gone nowhere, they are in the police stations waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rigathi was accompanied by, area Governor Kimani Wamatangi, Cabinet secretaries Kipchumba Murkomen (Transport), Ezakiel Machogu (Education) and a host of other Kenya Kwanza leaders.<\/p>\n

Ichung\u2019wah said the ten-man team will soon embark on the talks that he maintained will focus on the five agenda items. \u201cAs we indicated yesterday (Saturday), with the guidance of party leaders we shall embark on dialogue on the five issues that we have indicated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is not to say that the cost of living is not an issue, the challenge of cost of living is a global challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kikuyu MP also ruled out any power-sharing arrangement with the Raila team, insisting that the opposition will remain to carry out their oversight role.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Kenya Kwanza we are committed to abide by what we have agreed on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, ODM national treasurer Timothy Bosire asked the president to first legimise his authority by opening the election servers for audit as demanded by Azimio. The former Kitutu Masaba MP also challenged Ruto to clean up his administration of elements he said work at variance with nation building.<\/p>\n

“That is the way we can work together in building the country together. The way some members of the Cabinet talk as well as the President, they appear to contradict themselves. The President should do away with the fundamentalists in his government and take charge,” Bosire said.<\/p>\n

Bosire said Ruto’s UDA should first declare respect for institutions of democracy and allow multiparty democracy to thrive. “UDA should first own up to this mess and take the lead to clean up the ground by surrendering Jubilee and UDM to Azimio,” Bosire said.<\/p>\n

“That is the way we can work together in building the country together.”<\/p>\n

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