The joint committee selected by President Uhuru Kenyatta and NASA leader Raila Odinga to spearhead national unity held its first meeting yesterday.
It will brief the President and Raila about the proceeding this week, sources told the Star.
Media was not invited to the event, which lasted more than five hours.
Ambassador Martin Kimani and lawyer Mwangi co-chaired the daylong sessions at the Raddison Blue Hotel in Upperhill, Nairobi.
Busia Senator Amos Wako, Agnes Kavindu, Adams Oloo, Florence Omose, Saeed Mwanguni, James Matundura and John Seii attended the meeting.
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Bishop Lawi Imathiu, Maison Leshomo, Senator Yusuf Haji, Morompi ole Ronkai, Bishop Peter Njenga, Rose Moseu and Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth were also present.
The Star established that Uhuru and Raila will meet today over their building bridges initiative before the former premier leaves on Sunday for a weeklong visit to London.
Raila yesterday met the 14-member committee and told them about the nine-point agenda agreed with Uhuru.
“The advisory team will proceed for a retreat in the coming days and will design a programme that allows them to listen closely to the wisdom and concerns of their fellow citizens,” Kimani and Mwangi said in a statement.
“The retreat will be followed by an official launch of the programme by President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Rt. Hon Raila Odinga.”
The committee is expected to come up with recommendations, which will prepare Kenyans for a third referendum to create new structures in line with its broad mandate of unifying the country.
Raila on Tuesday told his party’s top organ that a referendum is inevitable to address the issues raised during his first meeting with Uhuru at Harambee House.
That meeting culminated in the public handshake on the steps of Harambee House on March 9.
They identified ethnic antagonism, lack of a national ethos, inclusivity, devolution, divisive elections, security, corruption, shared prosperity and responsibility as some of the broad issues to be addressed to realise a new Kenya.
“Without the changes we envisage in the MoU, 2022 will be messy,” Raila said at ODM’s NEC meeting in Naivasha.
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