Jubilee Party Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni has confirmed that the Azimio coalition is firmly against engaging in dialogue with President William Ruto.
Following a series of internal meetings, Kioni disclosed that Azimio reached this decision after a notable split within the coalition when its leader, Raila Odinga, met with the President.
“We have had a series of meetings as members of Azimio at different levels and we may have been reading different scripts before the meetings that we had yesterday and today,” Kioni stated.
“The official position of Azimio is that we are not entering into any dialogue with UDA. We are not joining the government of William Ruto.”
Kioni emphasized that the coalition supports the Generation Z movement, which has been protesting for the past month to demand government accountability.
Kioni further noted that the opposition has presented President Ruto with non-negotiable demands. Should these conditions remain unmet, Kioni warned, the Jubilee Party is prepared to join the youth in their demonstrations.
“We stand by the demands that have been put forward by Gen Zs and we have demands that we made that need to be addressed very quickly. We, in Jubilee, hold that if those demands are not met then what is left of us is just to join the Gen Zs in the demonstrations,” he added.
“One of the demands is these unnecessary abductions. Even before we talk about the killings, we would like to join the families that have been left by family members, those who are still looking for those members who are lost. We condemn the regime for this heinous act that it has continued to occasion on these young families.”
His remarks came hours after Azimio leader Raila Odinga dismissed calls for Ruto to step down as demanded by the protesters.