Salasya rejects call for national dialogue, says politicians always create a crisis
Mumias East Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Salasya has dismissed the proposed call for a national dialogue to address Kenya’s socio-political and economic crisis that has seen youths troop to the streets in protests over recent months.
Speaking during a live interview with K24 TV on Monday night, July 14, 2025, Salasya said that some politicians always create a crisis and push for a solution. for their benefits.
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“Politicians always create a crisis for their benefit, and the solution is to push them to be at the table, but for the first time, the young people have overtaken the decision-making process,” Salasya said.
The youthful parliamentarian added that dialogues have occurred, but have only benefited a limited number of individuals
“Juzi mwanasiasa mwengine alikuwa anasema anataka dialogue ikuwe pale. Dialogues and handshakes have been there, and they only sustain a few people,” he added.
Call for dialogue
This comes after Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi backed the former prime minister Raila Odinga’s call for a national dialogue and the outcomes to be subjected to a referendum.
Speaking at a televised interview at a local TV station on Sunday night, July 13, 2025, Mudavadi urged Kenyans to embrace dialogue as the only rational and sustainable way to resolve national issues and avoid conflict.
He warned that the failure to communicate effectively would only escalate tensions and lead to confrontation.
“The solution is this: if we don’t talk to each other, we will graduate to talking at each other, and then graduate to fighting with each other. So the logical thing is to have dialogue,” he said.
“It is always important that we resolve our issues through dialogue. Let us debate on what should be the form and the format of dialogues. The alternative is painful, losing life and making skirmishes that we do not want. Let us be rational people and dialogue.”
On the other hand, Odinga, while speaking during a press briefing on Monday, on July 7, 2025, proposed the immediate establishment of an intergenerational national conclave to bring together diverse voices from across the country.
“I want the outcomes of the national dialogue to be subjected to a referendum,” Odinga said.
”I propose an inclusive intergenerational national conclave to hear our people across all divides and come up with the irreducible reforms and changes necessary to take the country forward. I propose that the country urgently return to the agenda of comprehensive police reforms, focusing on enhancing accountability and transparency and improving police-to-people relations.”
