President Uhuru Kenyatta snubs Raila Odinga’s calls for dialogue at rare meeting of leaders

President Uhuru Kenyatta greets Former President Daniel Moi, on arrival for the burial service of the late Gen Jackson Mulinge at Kathiani Boys High School, Machakos County Saturday. [PHOTO: STANDARD]

MACHAKOS COUNTY: President Uhuru Kenyatta and Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) leader Raila Odinga Saturday shared a podium for the first time since the latter’s sustained push on the government to dialogue with the Opposition began.

During the rare meeting at the burial of former Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces and one-time Cabinet minister Jackson Kimeu Mulinge, Raila even exchanged niceties with the President briefly and bade him goodbye after addressing mourners as he rushed out to attend another public function in Narok.