How the handshake saved Kenya’s economy from ruin

President Uhuru Kenyatta (L) and Opposition leader Raila Odinga shake hands after addressing a press conference on March 9, 2018 at Harambee house office in Nairobi.

As 2019 draws near, Kenyans must not forget the events of 2018.

The political heat was too much in the early days of the year. The mock swearing-in of NASA leader Raila Odinga and the subsequent events almost brought economic collapse.