The AU calls for calm and calls for a dialogue after the latest anti-government protests in Kenya

March 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The African Union (AU) has called for calm on Tuesday after the latest anti-government protests in Kenya, which on Monday resulted in one death, and has called for a dialogue to “address all differences.”

The president of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed in a statement his “deep concern” over the violent incidents of the last week and has called on all parties to hold a dialogue “in line with the supreme interest of the unit national and reconciliation”.

Thus, he has pointed to the “successful celebration” of the general elections in August 2022 and the “unanimous confirmation” of the results by the Supreme Court, which ratified the victory of William Ruto, a decision rejected by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who reported fraud.

“The president (of the AU Commission) reiterates the full solidarity and support for the Government and the people of Kenya in their efforts to work towards national unity, peace and stability in the country,” the organization has riveted through in a statement posted on its website.

During the day on Monday, a protester died due to the repression of the protests in Kisumu (west), while close to a hundred people broke into a farm owned by former president Uhuru Kenyatta in the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi.

Subsequently, a second group of people caused material damage at the headquarters of the East Africa Specter Limited company, linked to the Odinga family, with no arrests to date. The former prime minister once again asked his followers to demonstrate peacefully against the Government.

Odinga has called mobilizations every Monday and Thursday to protest the high cost of living and against the government, which he considers illegitimate for considering the August 2022 elections fraudulent, which he ran for with the support of Kenyatta.