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| Mr Machar is in Khartoum AFP |
Riek Machar, the deposed
Vice President of South Sudan, may be on his way to South Africa after the
country offered to give him refuge, a leading Kenyan newspaper reports,
quoting government spokesman Manoah Episisu.
BBC
Africa Live report continues:
Mr
Machar is in Khartoum after being deposed as vice-president, following violence
in the capital, Juba between his forcres and loyal to his rival, President
Salva Kiir.
Mr
Episisu told the Sunday Nation that Kenya was involved in discussions
about where Machar should be exiled and revealed that South Africa had
offered to host him.
He
also said that an agreement was reached at the regional IGAD meeting,
held in Somalia last week, for Kenya to send more troops to
Somalia ahead of elections, expected to be held between 24 September and
10 October.
He
had been responding to inquiries on why President Uhuru Kenyatta had
cancelled plans to travel to New York to attend the annual UN General
Assembly meeting.
He
said Mr Kenyatta presence was "needed to handle the fast-moving situation
in Somalia and South Sudan".
Deputy President William
Ruto will be representing Mr Kenyatta at the UN.
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