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ODM calls for mass action
February 26, 2008
EA STANDARD
By Ayub Savula
ODM last night called for mass action on this Thursday following
the stalling of the Kofi Annan mediation talks.
Secretary General, Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o, last night sent a letter
dated February 25 to Police Commissioner, Maj Gen Ali Hussein,
informing him that the party would hold nationwide peace meetings
on February 28.
In the letter to the police commissioner, Nyong’o said all the ODM
regional coordinators had delivered letters to respective Officer
Commanding Police Stations (OCS) across the country.
At the same time, Nyong’o informed the Nairobi City Council that
they had booked the Uhuru Park grounds.
Meanwhile, Annan’s team said in a statement he had concluded the
team was not capable of resolving the outstanding issues. He said
they had made "almost no progress… on governance".
In the statement sent to newsrooms last night, Annan said: "After
four hours of intense negotiations this morning, the negotiating
team made almost no progress toward reaching an agreement on
governance, despite the fact that they were given entire weekend
to consult on their positions.
"I had to conclude that they were not capable of resolving the
outstanding issues, I therefore suspended the afternoon session in
order to confer directly with the leaders."
Annan first met ODM leader, Mr Raila Odinga, at the Serena Hotel
and then President Kibaki at State House.
"With these leaders I shared issues in contention and urged them
to resolve their differences so that we could complete our work on
Agenda Item 3. How to Resolve the Political crisis, confident that
they understood the crisis the Nation is in and the impatient
desire the people of Kenya to see a final resolution to the
conflict.
"I believe that the Panel of Eminent African Personalities working
with the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation have done its
work. I am now asking the Party leaders, Hon Raila Odinga and
President Mwai Kibaki to do theirs."
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