Differences: The good and irony of leaders’ unity pact

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga on during the famed March 9, 2018 handshake. [File, Standard]

Exactly one year after the handshake, a fresh storm contrary to the unity objectives of the event is erupting in the political landscape.

While majority agree that the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga on March 9, last year, has calmed the country, there is concern the gesture may have sowed new seeds of discord.