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Without talk on social justice and inequality, the handshake is futile

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga shake hands.

Absent from the frontline for a few moons, I have upon return made a point of asking Kenyans what they now make of the famous March 9 handshake between Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta.

Interestingly, almost everyone approves of the gesture of friendship even if no one can explain what the handshake was about nor the benefit it has brought six months after its surprise occurrence.

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