The season of handshakes just got better and this time it has hit the county of Kirinyaga and Capitol hill office where Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru and Raila Odinga met this afternoon.
The two buried the hatchet and decided to forget the past. The two were previously embroiled in a court case in which the Kirinyaga County boss sued the former Prime Minister over utterances he made linking her to the loss of millions of shillings during the first National Youth Service (NYS) scandal.
“Held a meeting with Governor @AnneWaiguru and agreed to “let by-gones be by-gones” and leave the matter of the NYS scandal in the hands of investigators. She said her case against me is now settled in the spirit of reconciliation that the nation has embarked on,” said Raila Odinga.
According to Waiguru, the matter between him and Raila Odinga stands settled “in the spirit of cohesion and reconciliation in the country.”
The two also reviewed the status of devolution in the country and agreed to exchange views frequently on how to address the challenges that come with it.
Early in the year, Waiguru had requested the High Court to allow the case against Raila to proceed. Raila had requested that the hearing be stopped until he files an appeal challenging a ruling issued last November.
The ruling allowed the governor to conceal certain information regarding her lifestyle.
Raila had released a dssier claiming President Uhuru failed to include Waiguru’s name on a list of corrupt State officers.
Uhuru’s list saw several senior government officials, including Cabinet Secretaies lose their jobs.
Waiguru had also threatened to sue research firm IPSOS for naming her among the “most corrupt people” in a survey released by Tom Wolf. She accused the firm of being used by her political detractors to blackmail her.