DRC: Logistics controversy delays end of Nairobi talks

Uhuru Kenyatta, former Kenyan President and facilitator of the East African Community, addresses delegates responsible for the peace process in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on December 5 2022. REUTERS - MONICAH MWANGI

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The talks in Nairobi between the Congolese government and the armed groups could not be completed on Monday 5 December.

The representatives of the armed groups decided to leave the premises before the plenary session which was to enable the conclusions of these meetings to be adopted.

In question, organizational problems criticized by the facilitator Uhuru Kenyatta.

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With our special correspondent in Nairobi,

The

devoted to the situation in

were suspended on Monday December 5 at around 6 p.m.

This interruption occurred before the conclusions could be adopted during a final session.

At the end of the afternoon, most of the representatives of the armed groups present got up and simply left the gardens of the Safari Park hotel where the discussions were taking place.

For several hours already, they had taken out their chairs on the lawn to express their displeasure.

The organization castigated by Uhuru Kenyatta

Most even refused to speak to the press, some in private complaining that their voices had not been heard enough and others that they had not received enough money to compensate them for their attendance and travel.

Half an hour later, visibly very annoyed,

, the East African Community (EAC) facilitator for this process, engaged in a real “

 ” of the meeting, but without naming them. and without further details.

In front of the delegates still present, he accused these " 

" of not having released the money provided for these expenses: "

”. 

Several participants explained that they had received 350 dollars, but felt that it was not enough.

Uhuru Kenyatta therefore postponed the closing and gave an appointment to the participants this Tuesday at 10 am to resume work where they left off, provided that by then the blockage can be lifted. 

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