Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura has once again lauded President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga for their March 9 truce.
He said that the reconciliation dubbed 'the handshake' has restored peace, calm and order in the nation, terming himself one of the beneficiaries of the same.
The vocal lawmaker recalled his recent trip to Kisumu County where he was joyfully received despite hailing from the Jubilee party which is led by Uhuru.
He said that unlike previously where Uhuru sympathisers would be faced with hostility in the opposition backyard, he was happily welcomed and given a memorable reception.
"I was recently at a Kisumu supermarket on my way to Busia and despite being a member of the rival party, people stopped their operations and surrounded me in reception," he said.
The latter who was first nominated to the National Assembly in 2013 on Raila's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party was speaking in an interview on Radio Jambo's Mazungumzo Waziwazi on Saturday morning.
He stressed on the need for Kenyatta and Odinga to now entrust their allies with the task of taking their harmony campaign to the grassroots level.
This way, he said, some Kenyans who are still holding grudges against each other on tribal grounds will be salvaged, which will be an advantage to national growth.
"The handshake was food but the only problem is that the two have taken a long time to make it drip further down," he added.
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