Opinion: Power of handshake and the games politicians play

The preliminaries to that handshake were long and tortuous as the Kenyatta and the Odinga families, represented by Uhuru and Raila, collaborate and quarrel over direction and positions

There are many ways of greeting people and the handshake is the most common. Some greetings imply power or social relationship. Unusual greetings, especially political ones, elicit curiosity and search for hidden meanings. The one between President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is one such handshake.

The preliminaries to that handshake were long and tortuous as the Kenyatta and the Odinga families, represented by Uhuru and Raila, collaborate and quarrel over direction and positions.