Raila shakes hands for the fourth time in name of unity

President William Ruto of UDA and Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga of ODM sign a agreement to work together at KICC. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

Opposition chief, Raila Odinga on Friday entered his fourth handshake in a controversial but historic moment mirroring similar moves with former Presidents; Daniel Moi (2001) the third President the late Mwai Kibaki, former President Uhuru Kenyatta (2018) and now the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with President William Ruto.

Raila’s working arrangement with Moi was known as the cooperation agreement following a deal hammered after the 10997 election where he contested the election, emerged third and propped up Moi’s government while opposition colleagues wanted to kick out Kanu through courts and street protests.