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Raila about-turn leaves friend and foe guessing

President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga hug during the National Prayer Breakfastat the Safari Park hotel on May 31, 2018.

It has been a 180-degree turn for NASA leader Raila Odinga in a span of a tumultuous year in which three key events defined Kenyan politics.

From his boycott of the October 2017 repeat presidential election, the January 31 swearing-in to the March 9 “handshake”, Raila clocked half a circle, leaving pundits questioning his next move.

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