President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday steered clear of the

        controversial push to have constitutional changes before

        2022 instead making National Cohesion and Reconciliation

        the key highlight of his state of the national address. But

        why did Uhuru avoid the referendum subject despite the

        attention it has attracted from his deputy and his close

        allies who smell a sinister motive after the new found love

        between the president and opposition leader Raila Odinga