The government has been issued a strong set of demands by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) as controversy surrounding Kenya's association with Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rages on. In a strong-worded statement, the ICJ raised concerns about Kenya's alleged support of the RSF, while urging the government to uphold its international obligations under the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), and international human rights law.
The international body particularly took aim at Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi's recent statement about the government hosting RSF officials in Kenya, urging President Ruto to denounce the statement which they claimed was a clear show of partiality in the ongoing Sudan conflict. "We urgently call on the Kenyan government to immediately recall the statement issued by the Prime Cabinet Secretary confirming its support for the RSF and issue an unequivocal apology to the people of Sudan," the ICJ said in one of their demands. President William Ruto, Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi and dignitaries in Egypt strolling around the New Capital Gardens City in Cairo on Thursday, January 20, 2025.
DPPS On February 19, Mudavadi issued a statement on February 19, 2025, defending Kenya's decision to host the RSF meeting, emphasizing that Kenya's actions 'aligned with its longstanding role in facilitating peace negotiations and providing neutral platforms for conflict resolution'.
The Prime CS referenced the Machakos Protocol of 2002, a peace agreement concluded in Kenya that ended Sudan's second civil war, to reiterate the government's commitment to impartiality and conflict resolution.
