{"id":378207,"date":"2017-11-28T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=378207"},"modified":"2017-11-28T04:44:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T04:44:15","slug":"kenya-security-tight-kenyattas-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=378207","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Security tight for Kenyatta’s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Security has been stepped up in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, ahead of the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term in office.<\/p>\n

More than 20 heads of state or senior ministers are expected to attend.<\/p>\n

Opposition leader, Raila Odinga, who boycotted a re-run of the presidential poll, has called for a protest rally, despite a police ban.<\/p>\n

August’s presidential election was annulled by the Supreme Court over what it called “irregularities”.<\/p>\n

The re-run, on 26 October, saw Mr Kenyatta win 98% of the vote with a turnout of just under 39%.<\/p>\n

Ceremony amid deep divisions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday’s ceremony at a sports stadium in Nairobi is due to get under way at 10:00 local time (07:00 GMT).<\/p>\n

Organisers are expecting about 60,000 people to fill the venue and giant screens have been set up outside for those unable to get in.<\/p>\n

\"Kenyan<\/span><\/figure>\n

President Kenyatta’s deputy, William Ruto, will also be sworn in.<\/p>\n

Among the foreign leaders expected to attend will be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.<\/p>\n

The Kenyan opposition coalition has called on its supporters to boycott the inauguration and instead hold a rally in memory of people killed in clashes since August’s election.<\/p>\n

The police have warned the coalition against holding the event.<\/p>\n

\"Supporters<\/span><\/figure>\n

Why was there an election re-run?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kenya’s Supreme Court took the unprecedented decision to annul the 8 August presidential election and demand a new poll in September citing “irregularities and illegalities”.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice David Maraga said the election had not been “conducted in accordance with the constitution” and declared it “invalid, null and void”.<\/p>\n

The court said the result was “neither transparent nor verifiable”.<\/p>\n

Mr Odinga then urged his supporters to boycott the second vote because he said no reforms had been made to the electoral commission since the original poll.<\/p>\n

However the re-run went ahead in October and the Supreme Court has since validated the results, but correspondents say the election dispute has left Kenya deeply divided.<\/p>\n

What has happened since the first vote?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The aftermath of both polls has been fraught with tension and Mr Kenyatta will face an uphill task in uniting a fractured nation.<\/p>\n

About 50 people are reported to have been killed in violence since Mr Kenyatta was declared the winner in the initial August election.<\/p>\n

\"RailaRaila Odinga told his supporters that “a third liberation is coming soon”<\/span><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mr Odinga, who went away on a 10-day speaking tour in Europe and America after withdrawing from the election re-run, has called for a “national resistance movement” to “restore democracy”.<\/p>\n

Speaking earlier this month, Mr Odinga said: “Today is the day we are launching Kenya as a third republic.<\/p>\n

“What you have seen is a signal that a third liberation is coming soon,” he added.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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