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Raila Odinga's big task to accommodate Uhuru's CSs, competing interests

Raila Odinga speaking during the 7th Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week, at Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC), Nairobi Kenya. [File, Standard]

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya flagbearer Raila Odinga will be in a crunch should he be sworn in as Kenya’s fifth President.

Raila’s intent to tap into the experience of five incumbent Cabinet Secretaries - who were implored upon not to resign by President Uhuru Kenyatta to steady Raila’s government should he win - has presented a plethora of complexities that will require Solomonic wisdom to resolve.  

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