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Raila, Uhuru shake hands for the first time since nullification of presidential poll

A rare spectacle was witnessed on Friday 22 September when President Uhuru Kenyatta and National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga, shared a warm handshake in Kiambu County.

The two political rivals met for the first time at the burial of former Nairobi Mayor Samuel Mbugua, father of former Nairobi Woman Representative Rachael Shebesh, since the nullification of President Uhuru’s re-election by the Supreme Court.

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