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Uhuru, Raila say handshake has nothing to do with 2022

President Uhuru Kenyatta with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the memorial and thanksgiving service for the late Kenneth Matiba at Ihura Stadium, Murang'a on April 26, 2018. [Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga yesterday told off critics of their handshake, vowing to stay put in their new resolve to unite the country.

Speaking during the funeral service for the late Kenneth Matiba at General Ihura Stadium in Murang'a, the two, who appeared to be reading from the same script, opened the lid on their new found unity, saying it was about bridging differences and not politics.

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