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Uhuru-Raila handshake divides Central Kenya leaders

By Nderitu Gichure and Kamau Maichuhie | Jul. 7, 2018

***President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Harambee House, Nairobi on March 9.***

A meeting between a group of former legislators from Central Kenya and Opposition leader Raila Odinga last week has opened intense hostility between sitting and former MPs in the region.

The three hour closed door meeting appears to have caused panic among some elected leaders in the region, deepening their mistrust with their rivals which started with Jubilee Party primaries last year.

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