President Uhuru reveals the most difficult moment prior to handshake with Raila
President Uhuru Kenyatta has revealed the events that occurred prior to the famous Handshake between him and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
Speaking during a Luncheon in USA ,the Head of State divulged that it was a difficult moment for the two to agree on a peaceful deal.
"We sat in a room and it took almost six hours for us to even begin talking anything...it was, what you call, excruciating silence because nobody wanted to be the first to say anything," President Kenyatta said.
However, after much consultations and each dropping down their own interests, they decided to come together and unite the nation.
"We shook hands and embraced and that one single moment changed the whole country. Because nobody would ever have imagined that we would shake hands and embrace," the President said.
He continued: "Since then, we have walked as brothers, we have brought onboard (Kenyans) and said that this process that we've started is not a political process but rather a process that seeks to entrench our democracy."
The Handshake deal oversaw the birth of Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
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