Garissa Township Member of Parliament Aden Duale at a past event. [Photo|the-star.co.ke]
National Assembly Leader of Majority Aden Duale now says all is not lost between Jubilee administration and the Opposition alliance, NASA.
Duale believes the two rival parties can still work together to solve the current political stalemate.
The parties have maintained hardline positions following the controversial fresh election in which President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga said he would not recognise Uhuru's reelection and called for mass protests to force a new election in 90 days.
Upon declared the winner, Uhuru ruled out the possibility of holding dialogue with Raila, telling him to explore constitutional mechanisms to contest his win.
But Duale called on NASA to drop their calls for demonstrations and seek peaceful ways of addressing their grievances.
"As the Jubilee family, we believe that together with NASA we can do minimum reforms to the 2010 Constitution between now and 2022 to address grievances raised. President Kenyatta extended to NASA an olive branch and they should work with us," he told The Standard on Tuesday.
The Garissa Township MP warned that protests against the Government would only lead to violence and hurt the economy further.
"Demonstrations and picketing are not in the best interests of our economy, which has suffered in the past few months. The move will ultimately affect the ordinary citizen regardless of political affiliation, and we are asking him (Raila) to rethink the decision," Duale added.