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Kenyatta Begins New Term Leading Kenya

by VOA News

   Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn-in for a new term Tuesday
   following a divisive election campaign that included the country's top
   court throwing out the results of one vote and an opposition boycott.

   A crowd of 60,000 people packed Nairobi's Kasarani Stadium for the
   ceremony. Before it began, police fired tear gas to try to control the
   large crowd gathered outside as people attempted to force their way
   into the venue.

   At the same time, police also used tear gas in another part of the
   capital where supporters of opposition candidate Raila Odinga planned
   to hold a memorial rally to honor those killed in confrontations with
   security forces during the election period.

   Kenyatta initially won an August election, but the Supreme Court threw
   out the results because of irregularities in the transmission of
   results.

   Odinga dropped out of the re-run of the vote held in August and called
   on his supporters to boycott what he said was a sham election. Kenyatta
   won about 98 percent of the new vote, and last week the Supreme Court
   validated those results.