Opposition Leader Raila Odinga's brother, Oburu, has disclosed the biggest threat to the handshake and Building Bridges Initiative that they agreed on with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He was speaking during the Ugenya by-election campaigns where he had joined Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga, Senator James Orengo, MPs Opiyo Wandayi (Ugunja), Samuel Atandi (Alego/Usonga), Elisha Odhiambo (Gem), Peter Masara (Suna West) and Christine Ombaka (Siaya Woman Rep).
According to People Daily Oburu revealed that should the president ease his grip on the war on corruption, then Raila would not support him any longer.
“My brother Raila has put vigour 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," announced Oburu.
Raila's brother who is also a member of East African Assembly added that though the anti-graft war was gaining momentum and some of the looted resources had been traced and returned to the State, no firm action had been taken against some high-profile people implicated in graft.
Political commentator and University of Nairobi lecturer noted that Oburu's statement was likely to raise anxiety.
“The message being sent by Oburu is that his brother is looking for an exit strategy from the union between him and the President,” he commented.
President Kenyatta has made the crusade against corruption his defining agenda in his second term, saying there would be no turning back in the war spearheaded by the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
On March 18, he stated "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." the president pledged.
