Nairobi UDA MCAs leadership standoff continues as talks hit snag

The Star Kenya

Attempts to solve Nairobi assembly UDA leadership wrangles have hit a snag. https://rb.gy/lh0eh

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00:00 [speaking foreign language]

00:03 - And we had all the 52 members, they were all present.

00:18 And then we had one from CCK,

00:23 so part of the KK coalition.

00:25 And those are the members who are ready

00:28 to make the decision of the way forward.

00:30 Our findings as follows, one,

00:34 we first of all, it's good I report that despite the change,

00:40 the communicated change of leadership

00:43 in the county assembly of Nairobi,

00:46 there was a court order stopping that process.

00:50 And so as a party, we have to respect that court order

00:55 because it was very clear that these changes

00:57 should not be affected until the case is heard and determined

01:02 and the members are in agreement

01:04 that there's need for us to obey that court order.

01:08 So our efforts today was an effort to see

01:11 whether we can actually create consensus out of court

01:16 and therefore have the case withdrawn eventually.

01:21 I must say that we've made quite some headway

01:25 in the sense that we've had the different groups,

01:29 the two teams ventilate and raise their concerns,

01:33 their issues, and I want to appreciate

01:36 that the members have been very, very truthful

01:39 and forthright as they made their submissions before us.

01:43 The other thing that is clear is that

01:48 the county assembly of the UTA side

01:54 really needs to work towards building consensus

01:57 and creating one cohesive team

02:00 that can be of benefit to the county assembly.

02:02 And we want to create an environment

02:05 that makes the party sensitive

02:09 and approachable to issues affecting their members.

02:14 So we do not want to rush into decisions

02:17 until we feel that we have been able to create

02:19 that environment where every member

02:23 feels appreciated and accepted and heard.

02:27 And so we will be coming back with a way forward,

02:30 but that is the situation as is today.

02:33 (speaking foreign language)

02:37, in the next two weeks,

02:42 we are going to have a solution in this.

03:07 At the moment, the county assembly is on recess,

03:09 but before they resume their sessions,

03:12 we are going to have an amicable solution to this conflict.

03:15 Otherwise, we want to implore upon both factions

03:19 to remain calm, to have confidence in the secretariat.

03:23 We are going to be as impartial as possible.

03:25 We are not going to favor any side.

03:27 We are going to follow the rule of law,

03:29 and we are going to open up doors

03:31 so that we can give each and every person

03:34 an opportunity to be heard.

03:35 (silence)

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