National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga has revisited the March 9 handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta at Harambee House.
While giving a keynote address during the 5th annual Devolution Conference at Kakamega High School on Wednesday, Odinga said that he and the president agreed to fight corruption.
“In the March 9th handshake, the president and I identified corruption as an existential threat. We agreed to deal with it at all levels. We must encourage whistleblowers. Soon the corrupt will find themselves on their own,” the former Prime Minister told the over 5,000 delegates.
Odinga also proposed a 3-tier system of government - retaining of the 47 devolved units, the national government and introducing 14 regional blocks as units of disbursement of resources.
The Odinga-Kenyatta handshake, which was lauded and criticised in equal measures, has dominated headlines for weeks.
While reading their joint statement on March 9, Odinga said the political differences that have divided more than four Kenyan generations “must now come to an end”.
President Kenyatta said after the surprise meeting that they had agreed to put the interests of Kenya and Kenyans first.
The two agreed to roll out a programme to effect their shared objectives revolving around the war on corruption, ethnic antagonism and competition, lack of national ethos, inclusivity, devolution and divisive elections.
To implement the programme, the two formed a task force, co-chaired by lawyer Paul Mwangi and Ambassador Martin Kimani.