President William Ruto has waded into talks about having a handshake with his main opponent, opposition leader Raila Odinga.The president's sentiments come amidst the bipartisan talks that are scheduled to begin soonest between the Kenyan Kwanza and Azimio la Umoja coalition. President Ruto accompanied by other leaders during the launch of Githurai marketThe president made the statements while in Kiambu county where he has today started his give day tour of central Kenya to launch various development projects. He stated he is not a man to bow to pressure and that he will not allow a nusu mkate government.He at the same time vowed to be tough on the opposition as his aim is to work on delivering his manifesto to Kenyans"Ile vitisho walikuwa nayo ndio wapate serikali ya nusu mkate haitafanyika tena. haiwezekani," he stated in Swahili. (The demands that they had made so that they get a handshake won't happen)Source: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2023-08-05-ruto-no-amount-of-threats-will-lead-to-nusu-mkate/Content created and supplied by: TheMbaruNews (via Opera News )

Source: The Star August 05, 2023 09:26 UTC