Last Thursday, President Uhuru Kenyatta gave Ida Odinga a prestigious commendation: The Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart (EGH). This is a state honour second only to the president’s own: the Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart (CGH).
Doubting Thomases will say that this grand gesture would not have happened without “Pax Odingatta,” the political truce between Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga. I shamelessly declare that I am one of those Thomases.