{"id":2686,"date":"2023-01-07T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/07\/ex-chief-justice-says-whos-been-organising-handshakes-from-outside-the-country-warns-gachagua\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T11:40:18","slug":"ex-chief-justice-says-whos-been-organising-handshakes-from-outside-the-country-warns-gachagua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/07\/ex-chief-justice-says-whos-been-organising-handshakes-from-outside-the-country-warns-gachagua\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Chief Justice Says Who&#8217;s Been Organising Handshakes From Outside The Country, Warns Gachagua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga now claims that the handshakes that have been happening in the country are on most occassions organized from outside and only implemented in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Handshakes and political truces are becoming common in the country, the most popular one being the one between former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga on March 9, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>But Mutunga notes that contrary to the excuse that they are being done for the sake of peace and stability, at times money has been switching hands.<\/p>\n<p>He says that a number of other reasons also normally bring the leaders from the government and opposition sides together, like opposition politicians trying to be in the government\u2019s good books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\">Such handshakes have been about the occupation of political space solely by the ruling classes and their coalitions; the exchanges of huge sums of money, ensuring the Godfather in power protects all interests of the ruling elites while receiving \u201cgifts\u201d from all and ensuring no alternative political opposition takes root in this country since the banning of Kenya People\u2019s Union in 1969,\u201d he writes in The Star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/94e39f6846074d4fa03196dcc153cb50\"\/>He claims that on most occassions, foreign powers with an interest in the country are also involved, and manage to easily get their wishes done because they usually decide what local top politicians do.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\">\u201cPolitical handshakes in Kenya have always reflected diverse interests, but fundamentally anchored in the interests of the ruling elites and those of their foreign masters,\u201d Mutunga further writes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\">He says that as a result, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua should stop dismissing the possibilities of another handshake between President William Ruto and Raila, noting that it might actually come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(33, 37, 41);\">Gachagua has repeatedly warned Ruto against taking that route, cautioning that his Mt Kenya backyard won\u2019t allow it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Curtis-Otieno (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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