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African Union Envoy Raila Odinga while commissioning a dredger in Kisumu. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Opposition leader Raila Odinga says his handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta is changing East Africa’s political and development agenda.

Raila said they took a deep gamble but are happy their initiative has now  brought a new dawn in regional politics. The opposition chief told critics to read the signs of the times.