Former UDA vice chairman Kipruto Arap Kirwa has termed the suspension of Azimio and Kenya Kwanza bipartisan talks as totally normal.
Speaking in an interview with K24 on Wednesday, he said it is a way of bargaining since nothing can be given for free.
“It is normal. It is a way of bargaining. Even when people go for dowry at times they have to suspend certain sessions for people to do consultations,” Kirwa said.
He went ahead and used the dowry analogy to explain why negotiations are vital.
“Because for us we know the number of cows that we give when we marry somebody’s daughter, it’s about five of them. But sometimes the family insists there must be some things more to be given to the mother of somebody else who has brought up the child,” Kirwa said.
“All those issues you must bargain because nothing can be given for nothing.”
He added that he is happy with Azimio La Umoja’s move to withhold the talks.
“And therefore, I find this perfectly normal. If they had gone on smoothly I would be worried. I am happy now that serious talks are going to take place,” Kirwa said.
On Tuesday, the bipartisan team tasked with addressing the issues raised by Azimio indefinitely suspended the talks after failing to agree on the membership of the team.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna said the bipartisan talks cannot take place "until such time Hon. Keynan who remains a member of Azimio shall not be included as part of the Kenya Kwanza delegation."
