This comes weeks after their parties joined forces ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in August.

The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday endorsed his former arch-rival for the country’s top job.

This comes weeks after their parties joined forces ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in August.

“We have chosen Raila Odinga without any opposition to be the fifth president of Kenya,” Kenyatta told a cheering crowd numbering thousands in the capital Nairobi.

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