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Last week’s prayer breakfast provided opportunity for Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga to renew their commitment to the handshake and provided much-needed respite in the country’s politics, by bringing together Raila and Deputy President William Ruto, who lately have been sniping at each other.
In a demonstration of how tricky it has become to remain true to the handshake, the prayer breakfast coincided with an angry demonstration in the city, by a group of civil society activists incensed by recent revelations about corruption in the government.
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