CP leader Ababu Namwamba. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]

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The Council of Professionals led by Ababu Namwamba has condemned the United States of America for calling for a national dialogue between the president and the opposition leader.

In a statement the council said that the call by US to steer Kenya towards a direction they did not prescribe for following president Trump’s disputed November 2016 victory is insecure and mischievous.

“The council takes a great exception towards the statement by US and condemns it with the weight of the inherent duplicity” quoted Ababu Namwamba the chairman council of professional

In a written statement, the US government had congratulated President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto for their victory, pledged to work with Kenya and called for an immediate national dialogue to heal divisions between communities.

"We urge Kenyans to join together to hold an immediate, sustained, and open national conversation to heal divisions between communities.

"We encourage all Kenyans to come together at this critical moment and to work together peacefully and uphold the constitution,” the statement read.

The council also urged the opposition leader to pursue his agenda for 2022 in a peaceful manner.

“Kenya’s 2017 electoral process in done and dusted and the council wishes to bring to the attention of the world that Raila Odinga is on to the  2022 cycle while disguising it as pending issue but the leader of ODM must pursue that agenda peacefully as a morphs from 2017 to the 2022 election” added Namwamba.