Find common ground in political agendas

Reports that President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto are reaching out to CORD leaders for help in filling Government positions may be the best sign yet that Kenyans can expect a healthy spirit of bipartisan cooperation from their new administration. Coming hot on the heels of angry claims they were scheming to undermine the Opposition, they could help set the tone for a new Government seeking to break from the bitter divides that characterised the tenure of Uhuru’s predecessor.

Sources familiar with the matter say following a number of conversations in the days since Uhuru and Ruto’s April 9 inauguration, the CORD leader has been asked to forward the names of allies he would want co-opted into Government. The process of getting these names together has generated some contention within ODM, the lead party in the coalition, but this seems set to be resolved in coming days.