BBI will secure Kenya's economic stability, President Kenyatta says

President Uhuru Kenyatta during a discussion moderated by Ms. Bronwyn Bruton, Director of Programs and Studies at Atlantic Council, at the Atlantic Council Forum in Washington DC.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has spoken of how he and Opposition leader Raila Odinga defied hardliners to open negotiations after the disputed presidential vote. He recalled a tense six-hour face-to-face meeting leading up to their truce.

The president and the former Prime Minister were on Wednesday the keynote speakers at a luncheon organised to mark this year’s US National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC.