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Published on January 29, 2008, 12:00 am
By Maseme Machuka
African Union Commission Chairman, Prof Alpha Omar Konare, has said power sharing will not end the political standoff in Kenya.
In a statement sent to newsrooms late on Monday night, the former Mali President said: "Power sharing is far from being the convenient solution to the problem."
Konare told the 12th extra ordinary session of the AU Executive Council that gathers the African organisation’s members countries: "If we accept to share power, as we do with the cakes, the problems will still remain, for there will always be malcontents."
Konare read to Foreign Affairs ministers a message from former UN chief, Mr Kofi Annan, in which he (Annan) raised serious human rights violations in the country.
He reckoned that the solution to the crisis should be through "respect of good governance and democratic principles".
He called on the meeting not to compare the crisis in Kenya to genocide in Rwanda.
"I call on the people of Kenya to find a lasting solution to the crisis. We should not close our eyes to the turmoil going on," he added.
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