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DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi (centre), Kenya's former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka (second right) and other officials in Kinshasa on November 24, 2020.
Kenya’s former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka is attempting to mediate between two wrangling sides in the ruling coalition in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kalonzo, also a former Foreign Minister in Kenya, arrived in the DRC on Tuesday evening and went into separate meetings with former President Joseph Kabila, and later with his successor Felix Tshisekedi.
Sources in the Kinshasa State House told The EastAfrican that Kalonzo had arrived in the DRC as a "special envoy of Kenya" to try and help steady the ruling coalition.
He met with Kabila at his Kingakati farm on the outskirts of Kinshasa and later President Tshisekedi at the State House in Kinshasa. He was accompanied by Dr George Masafu, Kenya’s Ambassador to the DRC.
His Twitter feed later confirmed the meetings, but only said he had held “discussions” with the two leaders, without going into details about what was discussed.
Kalonzo ‘mediates’ in DR Congo’s coalition feud
Talks to end the wrangles have often failed.
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