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                   Kenya Set to Inaugurate President Kenyatta

   Kenya`s President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta takes office Tuesday with a
   swearing-in ceremony at a stadium in the capital, Nairobi.
   The event is the culmination of a peaceful March election in which Mr.
   Kenyatta defeated outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The new
   president has pledged to work to improve the lives of all Kenyans.
   Other African heads of state are expected to attend the ceremony. Some
   Western nations are sending ambassadors as they limit their contact
   with the new government because of pending charges at the International
   Criminal Court.
   Mr. Kenyatta is facing charges of crimes against humanity for allegedly
   helping organize post-election ethnic violence in 2007 that killed more
   than 1,100 people and displaced 600,000 others. His trial is due to
   begin in July.
   Mr. Kenyatta`s deputy, William Ruto, is set to go on trial at the ICC
   next month in connection with the violence. Both men have denied the
   charges.
   The president-elect narrowly earned enough votes to avoid a run-off in
   the March 4 election. Mr. Odinga challenged the results, but Kenya`s
   Supreme Court upheld the election.
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