How handshake turned Uhuru past critics to cheerleaders

President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga at Harambee House, Nairobi on March 9, 2018. [File, Standard]

The closing of ranks by MPs to raise the debt ceiling to Sh9 trillion is the latest pointer to how the political truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga has turned politics on its head, both in parliament and outside the House.

Yesterdays’ critics have become today’s cheerleaders as the March 9, 2018 handshake blurs political lines – almost turning the House into a one-party chamber where government business is railroaded without opposition.