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Ruth Nesoba
BBC News Africa
Representatives from Ethiopia's federal government and the Tigray regional state have started talks in Addis A TV anchor who
Ababa to end the delays in implementing the Pretoria peace agreement. was acquitted of murder has now been hired for a senior job in the Kenyan government, to the astonishment of some in the country.
The deal, brokered between the two parties and signed in South Africa in November 2022, aims to bring stability to the region after the conflict between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the federal government that started in November Jacque Maribe was cleared of murdering a businesswoman called Monica Kimani, who was found with her throat slit. But Ms Maribe's ex-partner Joseph Irungu, also known as "Jowie", was found guilty.
2020. Giving the verdict last month, the judge said Ms Maribe should instead be prosecuted for giving the police false information.
Challenges in implementing the agreement have caused tensions, prompting the However she has since been appointed as head of communications for Kenya's Ministry of Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management, prompting criticism.
African Union to mediate discussions to find a resolution. "As a Kenyan who likes fairness, I must ask if the position was vacant all along or if someone was occupying it in acting capacity or if someone has been fired to bring her in," lawyer Wahome Thuku asked on X (formerly Twitter).
The Pretoria Agreement addresses issues such as power-sharing, regional autonomy and resource control, aimed at resolving the conflict's root causes through "That Maribe story is a clear indication that the government has jobs, just not for you," another commenter said.
negotiation. But Public Service Minister Moses Kuria told the private Nation website that this new job was "the right thing" for Ms Maribe. "This is a country of justice, equal opportunities and one that will lend you a hand to rise from your ruins," he said.
Getachew Reda, who is the interim president of Tigray's administration, has announced that no Ms Maribe - who had spent six years on trial - told the same publication that "the truth, which always sets us all free, has worked - and I thank God for everything".
further bilateral meetings will be held with the federal government until all pending issues
are resolved.
Kenya's ex-President Uhuru Kenyatta and Nigeria's ex-President Olusegun Obassanjo are
among the mediating team.
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