- "These talks will collapse. No grassroots basis at all," Ngunyi said.
- According to Ngunyi, the conflict between Azimio Chief Raila Odinga and President William Ruto is about egos.
Political Analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has opined that the fresh bi-partisan talks between the Azimio Coalition and the Kenya Kwanza faction will collapse.
Ngunyi on Saturday expressed mistrust that the talks will succeed on the grounds that the talks have no grassroots basis.
"These talks will collapse. No grassroots basis at all," Ngunyi said.
He further questioned what the former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo is coming to do in Kenya.
According to Ngunyi, the conflict between Azimio Chief Raila Odinga and President William Ruto is about egos.
"I do not get it. What is Obasanjo coming to Kenya to mediate? Political egos between Dynasties and the Hustler nation? This is a total waste of our national imagination " he posed.
This comes as the Azimio Coalition has agreed to nominate five members to sit in a new dialogue panel that will consist of five other members from Kenya Kwanza.
The fresh talks will be facilitated by the former Nigerian President Obasanjo days after Ruto allegedly snubbed his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu.
In a statement on Saturday, Minority leader Opiyo Wandayi said they had reached the decision after consultations with the Kenya Kwanza side under Obasanjo's facilitation "desirous of a democratic and peaceful resolution of issues that beset our nation".
"We, the leadership of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party, having consulted with the leadership of Kenya Kwanza (are) determined to resolve our differences amicably for the benefit of all our people," the statement read in part.
Under the new agreement, the two sides will form a committee of ten composed of five members each from Azimio La Umoja and Kenya Kwanza.
Wandayi said the committee will include four members from outside Parliament, two from each side, leaders of Majority and Minority from the National Assembly and four additional Members of Parliament -two from each side.
"Further details on this initiative shall be communicated in due course," Wandayi said.
The new development now puts on hold Azimio's plans to issue new directives regarding their anti-government street protests.