Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) Secretary General Francis Atwoli. [Photo|capitalfm.co.ke]
Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) Executive Board and the general secretaries from all its 44 affiliates unions met at Solidarity House to deliberate on the prevailing political situation in the country.
Led by Secretary General Francis Atwoli, Cotu leadership observed that the country has been tinkering on an imminent conflict for several months running into the August 8th general elections, and that since the nullification of that election by the Supreme Court, the situation has slowly been getting more tensed.
Atwoli said the countrywide demonstrations were bleeding the economy; companies are closing down, workers loosing jobs especially the Hotel Industry where their has been massive cancellation of booking.
Addressing the media, Atwoli warned that Kenya was now headed to brinkmanship and that the situation needs to be contained before it gets more worse than the post election violence that rocked the country in 2007/2008.
In view of the delicate situation, Atwoli called for a political truce to break the impasse, Thursday.
He appealed to President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga to reach out to one another for talks to save the country from falling into civil strife.
Atwoli said that Cotu was ready to convene the talks. He further gave a list of the eminent personalities who can lead the dialogue.
They include; Yusuf Haji, Amos Wako, Jamleck Kamau, Dr Oburu Odinga, Abraham Kiptanui, Hassan Ole Kamwaro, Zipporah Kittony, former Labour minister Philip Masinde, Chris Kirubi, David Musila and Phoebe Asiyo.
He said they are competent people who can lead such talks.According to Atwoli, the large number of unemployed youth is a perfect recipe for chaos as they have nothing to lose.