Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja now says that the March 9 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta was largely founded on national political reconciliation.
Speaking on Radio Jambo on Monday evening, the President Uhuru-led Jubilee Party member said that the two agreed to put to an end the political disputes emanating from their late fathers.
He added that the two reached a deal to lead the nation out of the political rivalry between founding fathers Jomo Kenyatta and Jaramogi Oginga, which has since culminated into an ethnic confrontation between the two leaders' tribal groups and their allied counterparts.
"Walipokutana, Raila na Uhuru walikubaliana hawataacha ukabila uliotokana na siasa za baba zao kuendelea (they reached a pact to halt the political rivalry originating from their fathers)," he said.
The two leaders pact has to a great extent calmed the situation in the country, resulting in a sudden political and ethnic friendship between their allies and followers.
The opposition has also since dropped its anti-government policies, with both blocs now uniting to slay the graft menace as one of the 9-point agenda agreed on in the reconciliation which was later dubbed 'The golden handshake'.
It's also most likely the reason behind Odinga's newly assumed diplomatic role in the government.