“The ambassador’s position is that we need to find another way of addressing this matter because, despite the challenges, elections were held. He has made it clear that he is not for the swearing-in, so you didn’t expect him to change his mind,” Mr Mbadi said after the meeting in his office. The American envoy has been in constant communication with both sides, Mr Mbadi said, but had admitted that the two sides had different ideas on the national dialogue. On Monday, Mr Wetang’ula also spoke of the opposition’s frustrations in pursuing “electoral justice”. He, however, said that Nasa would not bend over backwards for dialogue, on which its rivals were not keen.

Source: Daily Nation January 08, 2018 20:48 UTC