The March 9th handshake between Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta could be Kenya's magical moment ever witnessed since independence.
At the time last this last year, the opposition was engaged in running battles with government forces over disputed August and October presidential elections in which the two leaders had disagreed.
Opposition strongholds such as Western Kenya, Luo Nyanza, Gusii, Coast and Nairobi embraced Resistance ideology which saw a number of government allied companies suffer fate.
By then, newly elected Kitutu Chache South MP Richard Onyonka was much active in resistance rallies and even before he took oath, he found himself in the wrong side of the law.
And state police struggled with him and subsequently overpowering him before taking away resistance T-Shirt from him, forcing him to walk half naked.
With no aide to help him, police took off as the MP was left stranded in the streets. It took intervention of another NASA activist to donate to him a brand new T-Shirt as the battles besieged the city.
Kitutu Chache South held elections in November, three months after, following the death of a Jubilee candidate in July.
Although he heavily depended on Raila Odinga support to win his third term, Onyonka has since joined Deputy President William Ruto's camp and has been rallying for his support in Gusii.
Last Saturday, he was one of few leaders who accompanied Ruto to Kemera in Nyamira where they commissioned Kemera-Kiendege-Gachuba-Girango-Keumbu road.
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