If not managed well, Raila-Ruto camps could unleash violence

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga (left) have made peace, but they have also jointly engaged in fresh hostility between their camp and DP William Ruto’s. [File, Standard]

The serpent hisses where the sweet birds sing. The punch-up in Parliament this week brings back Thomas Hardy’s famous words with a sense of terrible foreboding.