Kenya's special envoy to South Sudan, Raila Odinga, has arrived in Juba to mediate the escalating political crisis.
Odinga left Nairobi on Friday morning and landed in Juba at midday, a spokesperson confirmed to AFP.
He traveled at the request of President William Ruto to deliver a message to South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar. "President William Ruto, who is also the chair of the East African Community, has requested former PM Raila Odinga to be his special envoy to South Sudan." "The envoy is presently engaged with the escalating situation in our sisterly country including traveling to Juba to convey the President's message to President Kiir and VP Machar as well as to critical stakeholders in Juba," Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'oei said on Friday.
Kenya announced on Thursday, March 27, that it would send a special envoy to South Sudan to help ease growing tensions between Kiir and Machar.
