New demands from Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga have the potential to scuttle the bipartisan negotiations that President William Ruto began on Sunday.

Once the opposition's protests were put on hold, the two, who ran against one other in the 2016 presidential election, decided to initiate discussions over the electoral commission's reconstitution.

The opposition's demands that the topic also address the nation's skyrocketing cost of living have gone unmentioned by President Ruto, who is adamant that the bipartisan negotiations should be conducted through parliament.

On Tuesday, Mr. Odinga requested that President Ruto take the conversation outside of parliament in order to address the issue of rising costs.

He said a strictly parliamentary process may not address their concerns and proposed broad-based talks akin to what led to the 2008 National Accord - a post-election deal brokered by the then UN chief Koffi Annan.

"We assure our people and Kenyans that our eyes are firmly on the ball, and reiterate that we shall go back to the people at the earliest sign of lack of seriousness by the other side," Mr Odinga said.

The opposition chief also claimed there were attempts to tamper with the electoral servers, which he demands to be forensically audited.

The ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has accused Mr Odinga of holding the proposed talks at ransom and dismissed his fresh demands as unreasonable.

Speaking in Rwanda on Tuesday, President Ruto ruled out the possibility of any agreement that would co-opt the opposition into his government.

Mr Odinga had last month launched twice-a-week protests to push for what he termed as electoral justice and action on the cost-of-living crisis.