Opposition leader Raila Odinga has said that his March 9 truce with President Uhuru Kenyatta followed a back down from the President's side.
Raila and his team had refuted Uhuru's August 8 reelection, leading to a bitter faceoff, with his (Raila) calls for a dialogue falling on deaf ears.
In an interview with Citizen Television Editorial Director Joe Ageyo on Thursday, Raila said that Uhuru would with time give in, agreeing to his demands, resulting to talks.
The talks, he added, were brokered by two people, each from one of the sides, and their Building Bridges Initiative (BBI)which seeks to unite the nation was born from that point.
"Our conditions were met and thus we agreed to meet. Two mediators from each side arranged the preliminaries," he said.
The handshake came only 4 months after Uhuru was sworn in to serve his second and final term, and at a time when Raila had vowed to incapacitate the nation through protests.
He said that they sealed a deal to work united going towards to cement a lasting unity between Kenyans and leaders from both sides, in a bid to eradicate recurrent political wrangles.
The BBI, added the former Premier, is based on their desire ensure that never again does the nation slip back into political instability as has been the case after each presidential faceoff.
"It was to evaluate the national challenges outlined and having done so, make practical recommendations and reform proposals that build lasting unity," he said.
The leaders have since nominated a 14 member taskforce to spearhead the initiative, the team has already embarked on national trios to gather Kenyan' views on the issues.