The delicate talks seeking to nail a truce between President William Ruto and opposition chief Raila Odinga enter a crucial week as the bipartisan team meets to crack contentious issues. Last Friday, the 14-member committee pushed their meetings to this week to discuss controversial issues that may make or break the talks. Sources within the team indicate members would meet Tuesday to thrash out the preliminaries to pave the way for the crucial discussions. The joint bipartisan team will discuss whether the negotiations would be purely parliamentary or expanded to include non-parliamentarians. “As a joint committee, we discussed the issue of framework agreement and tabling respective issues.

Source: The Star May 08, 2023 03:30 UTC