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Reaching out to political rivals unites a country

President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) his deputy William Ruto (L) and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative report at Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi on November 27, 2019.[Stafford Ondego,Standard]

It is not easy to tell why, but President Uhuru Kenyatta has this thing that attracts him to people who do not seem to really like him. It could be the fabled concept of unlike charges attracting, but for Uhuru, even the like ones seem to attract. How else would one explain his dalliance with political nemeses like ODM’s Raila Odinga and Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho?

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