President Uhuru Kenyatta with US President Donald Trump. [Photo/PSCU]
Former Budalangi Member of Parliament Ababu Namwamba has dismissed calls by the United States to have dialogue between President Uhuru Kenyatta and NASA leader Raila Odinga.
Mr. Namwamba, who is Council of Professionals of Kenya chair, on Monday termed the calls for negotiation as “insincere and mischievous.”
“The call by the US to steer Kenya towards a direction they do not prescribe for themselves is insincere and mischievous. His call to dialogue in the midst of a settled political contestation is therefore disingenuous,” the former Budalang'i MP stated.
US President Donald Trump congratulated President Uhuru Kenyatta and his DP William Ruto on their inauguration ceremony but appealed for dialogue.
“As part of the process of addressing these tensions and strengthening institutions, we urge Kenyans to join together to hold an immediate, sustained and open national conversation to heal divisions between communities,” US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauertsaid ion the message.
Mr. Namwamba said the congratulatory message could have been conveyed without US recommending dialogue, citing that the political contestation was settled after the October 26 polls.
“This is considering that a healing dialogue did not ensue following Trump's disputed November 2016 victory. The council takes great exception to this and condemns it with the weight of the inherent duplicity in the statement.”
This comes after the Opposition Chief declared he will be sworn-in as President by the People’s Assembly on December 12.