Raila wants to be prime minister through bipartisan talks - Shollei

National  Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Boss Shollei has opined that Azimio Chief Raila Odinga is eyeing a Prime Minister position through bipartisan talks. 

Speaking in an interview with Citizen TV on Monday, she said Raila’s demand for a dialogue similar to the 2008 National Accord simply means that he wants to be the prime minister.

She said Raila is only using the cost of living as an excuse to gain support from the masses. 

"When you hear them talk about the Kofi Annan issue what Raila Odinga is asking, he is not asking that he wants the cost of living to come down to help Kenyans, no," she said. 

"He is just using that to whip up support from Kenyans. When he talks about Koffi Annan, he wants to be Prime Minister."

Shollei said Raila should out rightly come out and say he wants to be Prime Minister. 

She said the bipartisan talks will be held within the law and the Constitution.

The Uasin Gishu Woman representative said Raila should ensure what he says in the bipartisan talks are within the law. 

She explained that the Koffi Annan format of diplomacy was because the circumstances were different at the time. 

"We don't have the same circumstances at the moment, that the present-day scenario is different as the election results were definite and upheld by the Apex court," she said. 

She said the opposition chief is well aware that the Kenya Kwanza team won the 2022 general elections, but he is still insisting on opening the server because he wants the position of prime minister.

In a statement, Raila had said the bipartisan talks focusing on a parliamentary approach will not achieve much and called for talks similar to those led by the former UN Secretary General Koffi Anan in 2008.

"This meeting resolves that a purely Parliamentary process will not serve the intended end, our suggestion is to have a conversation at the national level through a process akin to the 2008 National Accord,” read the statement.