Kenyatta, Odinga pact targets 2022 election

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and opposition leader Raila Odinga shake hands after meeting at Harambee House, Nairobi on March 9, 2018. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG

What you need to know:

  • The two leaders publicly displayed their unity last week when Mr Odinga hosted President Kenyatta for an invite-only breakfast at his Opoda Farm in western Kenya after addressing a series of rallies.
  • President Kenyatta announced that such rallies will be held across the country next year to preach reconciliation after a prolonged and divisive electoral period in 2017.
  • The views and roadmap of resolving the issues identified will culminate into a national conference on reconciliation and change of the constitution.