It was a meeting of the year as Mt Kenya East met the West and leaders who have not been on talking terms for months suddenly found themselves sharing a podium, hosted and united by a church they have been vilifying. 

The University of Embu grounds provided a rare spectacle where President William Ruto and his estranged former deputy Rigathi Gachagua met for the first time, since they parted ways on October 18 when the latter was impeached.

They had attended the episcopal ordination and installation of Bishop Peter Kimani Ndung’u as the Catholic Diocese of Embu head.