Ruto, Raila allies team up in Parliamentary choir

A section of MPs allied to the two rival camps, Azimio la Umoja and Kenya Kwanza Alliance on Thursday displayed a show of unity during the National prayer breakfast.

The legislators allied with Deputy President William Ruto and former Prime minister Raila Odinga presented a song during the prayer meeting held at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi.

The MPs choir was led by nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura and they sang the song, 'Guide me O thou great Jehovah'.

Mwaura is a supporter of DP Ruto. Behind him was Kieni MP Kanini Kega who is a supporter of Raila Odinga.

With the country in the political season, leaders from the two factions have been throwing unkind words at each other in a bid to outsmart their rivals in the run-up to the August 9 General election.

The national prayer breakfast hosted by Parliament also brought together President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto. The two have not been on good terms since 2018.

Uhuru and Ruto do not see eye-to-eye and have in the last three public meetings avoided shaking hands.

Chief Justice Martha Koome is also present at the meeting and a number of clerics. 

The keynote messages will be delivered by Bishop David Oginde of the Evangelical Association of Kenya, Jeremy Marambi of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Sujata Kotamraju of the Hindu Council of Kenya.

Others will be Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop Jackson ole Sapit, Association of Muslim Chaplains Sheikh Abdullahi and Archbishop Anthony Muheria of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri.