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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Kenya saw President Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in for his second term in office on November 27. At his lavish inauguration, Kenyatta painted a picture of unity for the Kenyan people.
Unity will be hard to achieve if his electoral opponent, RailaOdinga, keeps his word and alsohas himself sworn in as president on December 12. A move like this will only lengthen the months of acrimony the country has already seen.
Kenyatta maintains that the elections are “firmly behind us” and says that he will devote his time to building bridges. He did warn however that Kenyans needed to free themselves “from the baggage of past grievances, and … keep to the rule of law.”
On Kenyatta’s inauguration day at least one Odinga supporter was killed and three others injured, according to a witnesscited in a Reuters report. Other witnesses said the man had been shot by the police.A statement from Odinga said five people were shot, including his daughter’s driver.
Less than an hour after Kenyatta spoke, Kenyan national television carried pictures of riot police swinging clubs at civilians with their hands up. Not an auspicious start for building bridges.
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