Expect Ruto Raila Handshake After Elections -Willy Mutunga

It will not be a surprise to have another handshake after the August 2022 general elections. However, this time around it will be between Raila Odinga and DP William Ruto.

While speaking on an interview on Citizen TV on Wednesday, the former Willy Mutunga said this time around, the handshake will be between ODM leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto. “One of the two fractions will win and if there is the threat to peace, the foreign nations will just tell us to have another handshake,” Mutunga said. His sentiments come on the day when President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga are celebrating the fourth anniversary of a truce that forestalled war.

The former CJ sentiment comes in refrence to the historic handshake between the two bitter political rivals which toned down the political temperature in a country. While a majority of Kenyans, investors and the international community welcomed the handshake, DP Ruto and his supporters read malice in the reconciliation. This led to the growing tensions and rivalry between Raila and Ruto, which Mutunga says will lead to a political truce in the near future. He added that it is crucial for Kenyans to understand that the politicians will never deliver their promises.

According to the former CJ, it’s important for Kenyans to know that the political leaders aren’t going to keep their promise... "They have no agenda in implementing the Constitution"