Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta met opposition leader Raila Odinga in public on Friday for the first time since last year’s hotly disputed elections, with the pair promising to heal the country’s divisions. The surprise meeting at Kenyatta’s office on Friday ended with the symbolic appearance of the two men standing side by side to deliver a joint statement. Calling one another "brother" they announced a plan for "a programme" to overcome deep and long-standing ethnic and political divides, although they provided few details of what it might involve. "We have come to a common understanding, an understanding that this country of Kenya is greater than any one individual, and that for this country to come together leaders must come together," Kenyatta said. Odinga expressed similar sentiments, speaking first. "Throughout our independence history, we have had doubts on how we have conducted our affairs in the face of growing divide along ethnic, religious and political lines. Regrett...
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