Uhuru asks African leaders to embrace handshake

When former President Uhuru Kenyatta had a chat with his Nigeria counterpart Muhammadu Buhari and President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique at St. James's Palace for the official welcome of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London.

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on African leaders to embrace the spirit of the handshake, noting the winner-takes-it-all attitude was not sustainable in the long run in any country in the continent.

Uhuru, who was the keynote speaker during the inauguration lecture for Nigeria's Seventh Democratic Transition held at the Abuja International Conference Centre in Nigeria, yesterday said most conflicts in Africa are due to propagating narratives that have sectarian interests.