Ties that bind the sons of Jomo Kenyatta and Jaramogi Oginga

President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) looks on as Cord leader Raila Odinga speaks during the first Kenyan President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's 38th anniversary memorial service at Holy family Basilica Nairobi on 22nd August,2016. PHOTO: JOHN MUCHUCHA

In public they are the fiercest of rivals whose struggles threaten to break up Kenya.

But in private Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta enjoy a warm friendship and a skein of family ties which would shock their party supporters baying for each other’s' blood.