- Khalwale added that Kenyans need to know the level of dishonesty that has been going on with the bipartisan talks.
- Azimio suspended the talks for the second time on May 23, citing various issues.
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Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has alleged that his colleagues Edwin Sifuna and Ledama Olekina are the biggest problems in the bipartisan talks.
The Senator said the Kenya Kwanza team is fully committed to the talks but is facing challenges as Azimio La Umoja teams have not been cooperating.
"They don't want to look in the eyes of our co-chair, Olekina and Sifuna are the biggest problems in the meeting, they have never participated in talks like these. The young people stand up and say they want to declare the end of talks before making any contribution," he said.
Khalwale added that Kenyans need to know the level of dishonesty that has been going on with the bipartisan talks.
"We are not talking today, because the Azimio team has called off the talks, who said we were supposed to agree? They have refused to allow points of disagreements to be articulated," Khalwale added.
Khalwale said the decision to end the talks was due to the ongoing Jubilee leadership wrangles, yet that was not the main reason for the talks.
"We did not go to the talks over Jubilee issues, the issues put on the table do not mention Jubilee."
Azimio suspended the talks for the second time on May 23, citing various issues.
In a statement, Sifuna said Azimio was unable to persuade the Kenya Kwanza team over various issues that formed the basis for discussion.
"We have had to suspend the Bipartisan dialogue after we could not persuade our friends from Kenya Kwanza to concede to some common sense interim measures," he said.
Sifuna added that there were other three unresolved issues including lowering the cost of unga, preservation of the election servers and suspension of IEBC reconstitution.