President William Ruto has been warned against interfering in Sudan’s affairs unless he is prepared to face repercussions.
In a recent letter by the Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Malik Agar, Ruto has been urged to allow Sudan to resolve its problems independently.
“The trail of actions taken by President Ruto represents an alarming trend of external interference that threatens to divide Sudan. Such behaviour is explicitly prohibited by the AU Charter and condemned by the AU’s Peace and Security Council, and one must wonder: why is Kenya intervening in Sudan’s internal matters while simultaneously expecting no repercussions?” Agar noted.
Sudan Sovereign Council Vice-Chairman Malik Agar pens letter to President Ruto. Photo: Courtesy.
The deputy chairman moreover argued that Kenya cannot mediate Sudanese affairs when it has never experienced the scale of violence currently unfolding in Sudan.
He maintained that the country’s main focus should be ensuring that the fighting in Sudan ends.
“The Sudanese people are more than capable of addressing their challenges, and a parallel government advocated by the participants of the meeting and hosted by President Ruto is not a priority. The priority is to stop the fighting,” the letter continued.
The warning comes just a day after Sudan’s foreign minister accused Kenya of orchestrating division among countries within the continent by blatantly interfering with the internal affairs of some African states.
Kenya hosted the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a rebel group currently battling the Sudanese army for control of the country and since then Kenya has been painted in a bad light by Sudan.
RSF on Tuesday, February 18, held an event in Nairobi, as a head start towards the formation of an alliance consisting of political players and armed groups to strengthen RSF’s dominance in Sudan.
Defending itself, Ruto’s government noted that it had no ulterior motives and that allowing the RSF to hold talks in Nairobi was part of its broader role in regional peace negotiations.
