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Best friends? President Uhuru breaks protocol, drives away with Raila

President Uhuru Kenyatta (center), African Union Envoy Raila Odinga and Muhoroni MP Onyango Koyoo at the burial of former chairman of Youth Enterprise Bruce Odhiambo at Koru in Kisumu on January 19, 2019. [Collins Oduor/Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga showed Kenyans the depth of their friendship when they breached protocol and delayed the President's flight by over four hours as they toured Kisumu.

In a surprise decision that caught his security and protocol officers by surprise, President Uhuru changed his mind about boarding his jet at the Kisumu International Airport at the eleventh hour on Saturday evening and instead accompanied Raila in a tour of Kisumu town.

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