The March 9, 2018, Handshake between ODM leader Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta was surprising yet not shocking. It has since been Raila’s political lifeline.The handshake was not shocking because both the ODM leader and the president had few viable options. It gave a new lifeline to a tense country, to Raila and to President Kenyatta. Or would President Kenyatta arrest Raila and have him charged with committing high treason? Former Gatanga MP David Murathe came out boldly at the weekend to state that President Kenyatta “is going nowhere after 2022”.

Source: Standard Digital December 31, 2019 06:00 UTC