Delegates from South Sudan in the country for peace talks were evicted from a top Nairobi hotel located on Mombasa Road, Nairobi County over financial constraints, Radio Tamazuj reports.
According to some of the delegates who spoke to the South Sudanese media outlet on Sunday, the officials were asked to vacate the rooms as the talks get to the final stages.
Rajab Mohandi, a leading member of the People's Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA) revealed that they were informed that there were limited resources to accommodate all the peace delegates at the hotel.
In a letter shared by the media house from South Sudan's Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, the delegates were informed that continued stay at the hotel would require them to make additional arrangements with the management.
All the affected delegates were required to vacate the hotel premises by today at 10 am to avoid any inconveniences.
"We further note that we will be consolidating the number of available break-out rooms and making changes to the room assignment, so please remain flexible as we sort the arrangements with hotel management," read a letter from the Secretariat, Ministry for Foreign & Diaspora Affairs.
All the delegates were lauded for their participation in the peace talks that are set to bring peace to the East African country and draft a way forward.
Meanwhile, Mohandi noted that the talks had already covered a majority of the protocols and only one was remaining. This is the protocol on the power-sharing and implementation matrix.
He explained that the power-sharing would be between the transitional government and the opposition and each group was asked to select seven members to negotiate on the last protocol.
"So, the government will have seven members, the opposition will select seven members, and the other stakeholders will select seven people to finalise the implementation modalities and the talks on power sharing," he added.
The talks which began on May 9 have faced several challenges including some parties opposing the geographical location where the dialogue should be held and others opposing the protocols covered. Recently, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement Opposition (SPLM-IO) withdrew from the talks.
In December last year, President Salva Kiir asked President William Ruto to mediate the talks after complaints about the previous talks in Rome. Ruto selected former army commander Lazarus Kipkirui Sumbeiywo to mediate.
