NAIROBI: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second time period Tuesday in what some hoped would be the finish of months of election turmoil, which Kenyatta mentioned stretched the rustic "almost to the breaking point." But violence persisted, with at least three people killed as police fired rifles and tear fuel to get a divorce a big opposition amassing.
During and after Kenyatta's inauguration, police elsewhere in the capital, Nairobi, attempted to forestall the opposition from protecting non violent demonstrations to mourn dozens killed via police and defense force since the original August election. Opposition chief Raila Odinga, who was shoved into his car amid clouds of tear fuel shortly after he called Kenyatta's presidency illegitimate, put the demise toll at three.
Associated Press video presentations the gang fleeing amid the sound of gunfire, and then helmeted security forces striking unarmed people with batons. Other people dipped water from slum puddles to clean their eyes.
A witness, Isaac Mekenye, mentioned a 7-year-old boy was killed via a stray bullet as police chased opposition supporters. It was now not straight away clear if the boy was a few of the three people Odinga reported dead.
Kenyatta, chatting with a cheering crowd at a local stadium, mentioned the past few months "have been a trying time," and he called for an finish to hate and divisiveness. He again criticized the Supreme Court's nullification of his August election win, saying that "despite ... being told that the processes matter more than your vote, we complied."
But he added that the courtroom, whose justices he once called "crooks" for his or her ruling, acted with independence, and he mentioned the hot events display that "our constitution is no piece of paper." Institutions will have to now not be destroyed every time they do not ship the specified effects, he added.
Kenya's election drama has intended months of uncertainty in East Africa's economic hub. The courtroom in nullifying the August outcome cited irregularities after a prison challenge via opposition chief Raila Odinga, and it ordered a brand new vote.
It was the first time in Africa that a courtroom had nullified a presidential election, and Kenya's events have been carefully watched go the continent via opposition parties and leaders alike.
Odinga and his supporters boycotted the repeat election remaining month, saying electoral reforms had now not been made. Many opposition supporters on Tuesday were heeding Odinga's call to gather and take into accout the ones killed in the months of turmoil.
Human rights teams have again and again accused police of being used by Kenyatta's executive to overwhelm dissent.
Odinga has called Kenyatta's inauguration a "coronation" instead, and he called Kenyatta a dictator and vowed to pursue contemporary elections.
Kenyatta mentioned his inauguration "marks the end, and I repeat the end, of our electoral process." He praised the resilience of Kenyans all over what he mentioned were the 123 days since the turmoil began.
"To my competitors, and in the spirit of inclusivity, I will endeavor to incorporate some of their ideas," Kenyatta mentioned. "The election was not a contest between a good dream and a bad dream. It was a contest between two competing visions." He pledged to construct bridges to unite Kenyans.
Several regional heads of state attended the inauguration amid tight security as the rustic attempted to transport ahead, even as questions about electoral reforms lingered.
In a move to improve continental ties, Kenyatta announced that all Africans will be able to obtain a visa on arrival at a port of access. A rising collection of African nations are making moves towards easing trip restrictions for people across the continent.
Kenyatta was sworn in using a Bible that had been used to swear in his father, founding President Jomo Kenyatta, at independence in 1963. His competition with Odinga, the son of Kenya's first vice president, has long past on for years.
During and after Kenyatta's inauguration, police elsewhere in the capital, Nairobi, attempted to forestall the opposition from protecting non violent demonstrations to mourn dozens killed via police and defense force since the original August election. Opposition chief Raila Odinga, who was shoved into his car amid clouds of tear fuel shortly after he called Kenyatta's presidency illegitimate, put the demise toll at three.
Associated Press video presentations the gang fleeing amid the sound of gunfire, and then helmeted security forces striking unarmed people with batons. Other people dipped water from slum puddles to clean their eyes.
A witness, Isaac Mekenye, mentioned a 7-year-old boy was killed via a stray bullet as police chased opposition supporters. It was now not straight away clear if the boy was a few of the three people Odinga reported dead.
Kenyatta, chatting with a cheering crowd at a local stadium, mentioned the past few months "have been a trying time," and he called for an finish to hate and divisiveness. He again criticized the Supreme Court's nullification of his August election win, saying that "despite ... being told that the processes matter more than your vote, we complied."
But he added that the courtroom, whose justices he once called "crooks" for his or her ruling, acted with independence, and he mentioned the hot events display that "our constitution is no piece of paper." Institutions will have to now not be destroyed every time they do not ship the specified effects, he added.
Kenya's election drama has intended months of uncertainty in East Africa's economic hub. The courtroom in nullifying the August outcome cited irregularities after a prison challenge via opposition chief Raila Odinga, and it ordered a brand new vote.
It was the first time in Africa that a courtroom had nullified a presidential election, and Kenya's events have been carefully watched go the continent via opposition parties and leaders alike.
Odinga and his supporters boycotted the repeat election remaining month, saying electoral reforms had now not been made. Many opposition supporters on Tuesday were heeding Odinga's call to gather and take into accout the ones killed in the months of turmoil.
Human rights teams have again and again accused police of being used by Kenyatta's executive to overwhelm dissent.
Odinga has called Kenyatta's inauguration a "coronation" instead, and he called Kenyatta a dictator and vowed to pursue contemporary elections.
Kenyatta mentioned his inauguration "marks the end, and I repeat the end, of our electoral process." He praised the resilience of Kenyans all over what he mentioned were the 123 days since the turmoil began.
"To my competitors, and in the spirit of inclusivity, I will endeavor to incorporate some of their ideas," Kenyatta mentioned. "The election was not a contest between a good dream and a bad dream. It was a contest between two competing visions." He pledged to construct bridges to unite Kenyans.
Several regional heads of state attended the inauguration amid tight security as the rustic attempted to transport ahead, even as questions about electoral reforms lingered.
In a move to improve continental ties, Kenyatta announced that all Africans will be able to obtain a visa on arrival at a port of access. A rising collection of African nations are making moves towards easing trip restrictions for people across the continent.
Kenyatta was sworn in using a Bible that had been used to swear in his father, founding President Jomo Kenyatta, at independence in 1963. His competition with Odinga, the son of Kenya's first vice president, has long past on for years.
Kenya president sworn in after months-long election turmoil
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