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Don't blame 2018 handshake for all wrong turns now

When Coast based artist Zuber Bakrani made a painting of the golden handshake between Raila Odinga and former President Uhuru Kenyatta at his Mwembe Tayari studios. [File, Standard]

It is a pity that politics has led to vilification of a social gesture as honourable and desirable as a handshake.

Many Kenyans are now politically indoctrinated to believe everything that has gone wrong with the country is due to the 2018 handshake between Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga.

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