National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah has listed three things he will tell Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka during the bipartisan talks at the Bomas of Kenya.
Speaking on Wednesday, August 9 in Naromoru, Nyeri County, Ichung’wah said he will tell Kalonzo that there will be no chaotic demonstrations in the country henceforth and there will be no handshake with the Opposition.
The Kikuyu Member of Parliament also noted that he will Kalonzo that the cost of living is President William Ruto’s responsibility.
“I am going to Bomas to tell Kalonzo Musyoka three things, there will be no chaotic demos in Kenya, handshake, and matters of cost of living is President Ruto's responsibility," Ichung'wah stated.
His remarks come a day after he told the opposition that the Kenya Kwanza team would not be intimidated through threats and blackmails.
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"We are ready to engage with you on the basis of mutual respect. Not with threats, not with blackmail. You must not blackmail us so that if we don't do what you want, you will go back to the streets. If you want to go back you are free you will deal with the people you will meet there,” said Ichung’wah on Monday.
The Azimio team wants the new dialogue team to discuss the high cost of living, audit of 2022 elections, bipartisan reconstitution of IEBC, inclusivity in national affairs, and respect for political parties in line with the constitution.
The Kenya Kwanza side on the other hand has listed the reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, implementation of 2/3 gender rule, entrenchment of Constituency Development Fund, establishment and the entrenchment of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, and embedment of the Office of Prime Cabinet Secretary as the agenda of the talks with Azimio.