The 9th March, 2018 Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition Chief Raila Odinga continues to create some sort of unease in the Kenyan political sphere with each day presenting an opportunity for Kenyans to get more intriguing information on the same.
There have been talks on the Political streets that DP William Ruto was left in the dark by both Uhuru and Ruto as they brokered a deal that would later see Raila and Uhuru forge a good working relationship between them.
Ruto’s allies were the first to claim that the handshake was arrived at in order to scuffle DP Ruto’s 2022 Presidential ambitions. Some of them have even called for an end to the handshake saying that it was distracting the Jubilee administration from achieving it’s now much hyped Big 4 Agenda.
Well, the man at the center of it all, William Ruto has finally broken his silence on the same.
Ruto has revealed that he was well aware that Mr. Kenyatta was out to broker a deal with Mr Odinga despite his misgivings.
Mr Ruto said that he believes the president consulted widely before making the decision to work with his arch-rival in the 2013 and 2017 elections.
“We consult on a daily basis with the president but you we are all different and the president has more latitude, powers and I believe he consulted beyond me before the handshake,” he said.
The DP observed that he is in support of the handshake despite what is being peddled around that he is against it.
The handshake, he said, was meant to foster unity across the country and he believes has been achieved so far.
“Yes I can say that it is working to an extent. There are currently no demonstrations, no people quarrelling in the streets and businesses are running without problems,” he said.
On his differences with Mr Odinga, the former ODM Pentagon member said there are no irreconcilable differences and that they can work together.