The transitional unity government and the opposition parties have signed 6 protocols including security arrangements and permanent ceasefire.
Edmund Yakani, the Executive Director for Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) said the parties to the Nairobi peace talks signed deal on the security arrangements, permanent ceasefire, humanitarian access, communal conflicts and land disputes, trust and confidence building measures and the role of internal and external guarantors.
“This is very good progress, at least under the influence of stakeholders we have scored success that has not been witnessed when people used to go to Rome without stakeholders for the last two years,” Yakani told The Juba Echo on Monday by Phone from the Kenyan capital.
Earlier Last week, the opposition parties had threatened to pull out of peace negotiations over the recent passing of the National Security Service Act into law by MPs in the national legislative assembly.
Yakani disclosed that there are politicians both within the government and opposition that do not want to compromise their positions when it comes to power-sharing.
“We will start now substantial negotiation on constitution making process which has a very small point of disagreement, and then responsibility sharing and that will be followed with implementation and budget,” he said.
The talks between the government and opposition parties that never signed the 2018 revitalized peace are being mediated by the Kenyan government under the leadership of President William Ruto.
The talks commenced on May 3rd following request from President Kiir to his Kenyan counterpart Ruto to mediate peace with the hold-out opposition parties.
The talks had failed to make headway since November 2019 in Rome, Italy.
