Nairobi, April 26 -- Plans are underway to form a government of national unity that will bring on board opposition leaders like Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga, a senior Jubilee Party official confided in the Sunday Nation on Saturday.

Mr Odinga, the official noted, has technically been a government insider since his 2018 political truce with President Uhuru Kenyatta, "only that he has not been assigned any official roles".

"The plans for the formation of a government of national unity are afoot and have been further influenced by the situation in the country, which requires all heads together in times of crisis," said the official.

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, one of those championing the Building Bridges Initiative i...