Uhuru in a fix as BBI politics threaten to derail his legacy

President Uhuru Kenyatta claps as former Prime Minister Raila Odinga hugs Deputy President William Ruto (right) during national prayer breakfast at the Safari Park Hotel in 2018. [File, Standard]

As the clock ticks towards the end of 2020, President Uhuru Kenyatta is increasingly finding himself in a catch-22, having to steady the handshake ship while keeping his deputy in check.

In between the pressures effused by DP William Ruto and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga sides is a frail economy further battered by a stubborn pandemic and time is slipping away fast enough for the kind of legacy the president had imagined.