Oburu Odinga: Why Raila May Abandon His Handshake with President Uhuru

Oburu Odinga, Raila's elder brother says the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader would not hesitate to walk out of his handshake with President Kenyatta should he give up on the fight against corruption.

Oburu, who is an MP at the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA), says Odinga is fully behind Kenyatta's renewed fight against graft.

He, however, states that the Opposition leader would cancel his unity pact with the President if he relents in the war on corruption.  

“My brother Raila has put vigor in the fight against corruption because President Uhuru is committed."

"But in case he gets distracted by suspects to the extent of backing down, Raila would simply walk out of the Handshake," says Oburu as quoted by the People Daily.

Oburu further says Kenyatta must step up the corruption purge by ensuring that high-profile individuals implicated in graft are arrested and prosecuted.

President Kenyatta has insisted that no one, regardless of the positions they hold or how close they are to him, will be spared in the crackdown on corruption. 

 "If you are corrupt we will fight you. You can be my brother or my sister or my closest political ally but if you are corrupt we will fight you. I won't be clouded by ethnicity or status in my quest to leave behind a united nation and I will continue championing for Kenya's unity," Kenyatta said recently.

Kenyatta and Odinga pledged to work together following the historic March 9th, 2018 handshake.