{"id":282255,"date":"2017-01-06T14:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=282255"},"modified":"2017-01-06T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T14:30:25","slug":"kenyas-raila-odinga-in-ghana-for-akufo-addos-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/kenyas-raila-odinga-in-ghana-for-akufo-addos-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya\u2019s Raila Odinga in Ghana for Akufo-Addo’s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, and his deputy, Hassan Joho, will attend the inauguration of Ghana\u2019s president-elect Nana Akufo-Addo in Accra on Saturday, January 7.<\/p>\n

The two in a statement issued on Friday morning congratulated outgoing President, John Mahama for his effective leadership of Ghana over the years.<\/p>\n

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The statement added that, the duo will meet with some members of the incoming government and return to Kenya capital, Nairobi next week.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile in Ghana, Mr. Odinga and his delegation will meet sections of the new administration. He will return to Nairobi early next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

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About 11 heads of state and government including those of Togo, Gabon, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Benin, Nigeria and Guinea will be in attendance.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Haile Mariam Dessalegn, has arrived in the country ahead of the event, which will have Ivorian President Alhassan Outtarra is special guest of honour.<\/p>\n

Two vice-presidents, 13 government representatives, five international representatives of multilateral organisations, and a number of ex-presidents from the continent and other parts of the world are expected to grace the occasion.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe\u2019s Morgan Tsvangirai and Uganda\u2019s Kizza Besigye, are all expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.<\/p>\n

About 6,000 guests are expected to attend the ceremony with over 5,000 security officers deployed to enforce law and order at the venue.<\/p>\n

President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be hand over power to Nana Akufo-Addo Addo of the New Patriotic Party on January 7, 2017 after losing the December 7 general elections.<\/p>\n

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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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