Kenya election: Security tight for Kenyatta
inauguration
Security has been stepped up in the Kenyan
capital, Nairobi, ahead of the inauguration of
President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term in
office.
More than 20 heads of state or senior ministers are
expected to attend.
Opposition leader, Raila Odinga, who boycotted a
re-run of the presidential poll, has called for a
protest rally, despite a police ban.
August's presidential election was annulled by the
Supreme Court over what it called "irregularities".
The re-run, on 26 October, saw Mr Kenyatta win
98% of the vote with a turnout of just under 39%.
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Ceremony amid deep divisions
Tuesday's ceremony at a sports stadium in Nairobi
is due to get under way at 10:00 local time (07:00
GMT).
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.
President Kenyatta's deputy, William Ruto, will also
be sworn in.
Among the foreign leaders expected to attend will
be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan
President Paul Kagame.
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.
The police have warned the coalition against
holding the event.
Why was there an election re-run?
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".
Chief Justice David Maraga said the election had
not been "conducted in accordance with the
constitution" and declared it "invalid, null and void".
The court said the result was "neither transparent
nor verifiable".
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.
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.
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What has happened since the first vote?
The aftermath of both polls has been fraught with
tension and Mr Kenyatta will face an uphill task in
uniting a fractured nation.
About 50 people are reported to have been killed in
violence since Mr Kenyatta was declared the winner
in the initial August election.
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".
Speaking earlier this month, Mr Odinga said: "Today
is the day we are launching Kenya as a third
republic.
"What you have seen is a signal that a third
liberation is coming soon," he added.
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