The National Assembly Minority Leader who is also Ugunja Member of Parliament Opiyo Wandayi, is challenging President William Ruto to provide insight on the activities of DRC rebel leaders forming a coalition.
This comes days after Corneille Nangaa held a conference in Nairobi and announced that he was creating a political-military alliance with M23 rebels and other armed groups with the aim of resorting to peace.
The statement sparked outrage in the Congolese government, but President Ruto declared that it was undemocratic to arrest anyone for simply making a statement.
Mr. Wandayi, however, is concerned that with the ongoing DRC elections, no explanation has been given by the Kenya Kwanza administration on what the rebel groups are doing in the country and why they have been given a platform to state their agenda.
“We find it extremely disturbing that while the DRC is planning to hold elections, Kenya would allow well-known Congolese rebels and armed militants to announce, right in the heart of Nairobi, the launch of a political-military alliance that includes M23 rebels and other armed groups, to destabilize the DRC,” he said.
He further accused the government of ignoring the matter, warning that it would have serious political and diplomatic implications if not addressed.
“Why was the head of the M23 rebel movement allowed in Nairobi when Kenyan troops were battling his soldiers in Eastern Congo? Is the Ruto regime double-dealing in the DRC? Who allowed Mr. Bisimiwa into the country, and for what purposes?” he asked.
“Just how many leaders of the rebel movement in the Eastern DRC and other parts of the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa are operating in Nairobi? When Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi says Kenya will work to identify the people behind the Congo River Alliance declaration in Nairobi and possible violations of free speech provisions, what exactly does he mean? Does he mean the government of Kenya does not know Nangaa and Bisimiwa, who were at the press conference?” he questioned.
