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REPORT: Kenyan president sworn in for second five-year term

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28-11-2017 | 14:38

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REPORT: Kenyan president sworn in for second five-year term

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn-in for a second five-year term in front of a rapturous crowd on Tuesday (November 28), officially beginning his final term in office.

Kenyatta won a repeat presidential election on Oct. 26 that was boycotted by opposition leader Raila Odinga, who said it would not be free and fair. The Supreme Court nullified the first presidential election, in August, over irregularities.

At a lavish inauguration attended by the heads of many African nations, Kenyatta did his best to paint a picture of a country moving beyond that divide. More than 60,000 Kenyatta supporters, many clad in the red and yellow Jubilee party colors and carrying Kenyan flags, filled the stadium benches.

Shortly before the inauguration riot police tear gassed the convoy of opposition leader Raila Odinga, who promised supporters he would be sworn in himself on Dec. 12.

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