It had been a trip that had been expected to change the development scope of Nyanza region.
It was also meant to market President William Ruto's plan to a region that had been in the bad books of past regimes that floored ODM leader Raila Odinga in polls.
But as the rotor blades of the three military helicopters carrying the president and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua began rotating to mark the end of his tour of the region, one thing was clear; an indirect soft "handshake" and a spirit of togetherness with the opposition had been built.
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