Nairobi, Feb. 29 -- Opposition leader Raila Odinga's meeting with Gender Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa mirrors how top government officials in former President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration trooped to his Capitol Hill offices following the handshake.

Just a day after President William Ruto and Mr Odinga made a surprise joint visit to Uganda for a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni in what projected a major political rapprochement, Ms Jumwa led the multi-sectoral working group on the two-thirds gender principle for deliberation with the former premier.

Images of Mr Odinga chairing the meeting at his office triggered a debate that President Ruto could end up walking in the footsteps of his predecessor, Mr Kenyatta, who made Mr Oding...