Situation in Eastern DRC dire, warns Kenya’s former President Uhuru

The Ex-President who is the EAC-Facilitator of the Nairobi Process on Peace and Stability in Eastern DRC and AU-Kenya Peace Envoy, says he has been severely hampered by the unfolding dreadful humanitarian crisis in and around Goma.

President Kenyatta who made an official visit to Goma on November 15, decried the misery and the cycle of conflict by armed groups that he says has been inflicted on innocent men, women, children and the elderly.

During his visit, the former Head of State witnessed first hand tens of thousands of internally displaced persons on the roadsides and the adverse effects of the violence caused by M23 rebels and other armed groups.

The violence has since led to the displacement of millions of people in Eastern DRC.

The human crisis, he contends, is unfolding as a result of non-adherence to recommendations agreed upon in Nairobi during the Heads of State Conclaves.

The terms of the Nairobi Conclaves, which had been agreed upon by all EAC Heads of State, he observes, outlined that the fighting forces would remain in the positions that they were at the time of the Nairobi Conclaves. This has not been honoured by the rebel groups and their backers.