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Kenya election: Security tight for Kenyatta inauguration Kenya election: Security tight for Kenyatta inauguration
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Security has been stepped up in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, ahead of the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term in office.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. People in festive mood have been pouring into a stadium where 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. Opposition leader Raila Odinga mocked Mr Kenyatta's "coronation", saying he had not been elected legitimately.
August's presidential election was annulled by the Supreme Court over what it called "irregularities". He boycotted the re-run of the presidential poll last month.
The re-run, on 26 October, saw Mr Kenyatta win 98% of the vote with a turnout of just under 39%. Just under 39% of voters turned out on 26 October and Mr Kenyatta, who officially won with 98% of the vote.
Ceremony amid deep divisions The original election on 8 August was held over again after being annulled by the Supreme Court on grounds of irregularities.
Tuesday's ceremony at a sports stadium in Nairobi is due to get under way at 10:00 local time (07:00 GMT). Who is in Nairobi?
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. Organisers are expecting about 60,000 people to fill Nairobi's Kasarani sports stadium where the inauguration is taking place, with giant screens set up outside for those unable to get in.
President Kenyatta's deputy, William Ruto, will also be sworn in. "I'm sure Uhuru will be able to bring people together and unite them so we can all work for the country," Eunice Jerobon, a trader who travelled overnight from the Rift Valley town of Kapsabet for the inauguration, told Reuters news agency.
Among the foreign leaders expected to attend will be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Police fired tear gas to control crowds trying to enter the venue early on Tuesday.
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. Inside the stadium itself, foreign dignitaries have been taking their seats in a calm, good-humoured atmosphere.
The police have warned the coalition against holding the event. Among the foreign leaders expected to attend are Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
Why was there an election re-run?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 August election had not been "conducted in accordance with the constitution" and declared it "invalid, null and void".
Chief Justice David Maraga said the election had not been "conducted in accordance with the constitution" and declared it "invalid, null and void". The Supreme Court ruled that the result had been "neither transparent nor verifiable".
The court said the result was "neither transparent nor verifiable". But Mr Odinga urged his supporters to boycott the second vote because he said no reforms had been made to the electoral commission since the original poll.
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. Correspondents say the election dispute has left Kenya deeply divided.
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. About 50 people are reported to have been killed in violence since the August ballot.
What has happened since the first vote? How are the opposition responding?
The aftermath of both polls has been fraught with tension and Mr Kenyatta will face an uphill task in uniting a fractured nation. Mr Odinga promised to hold a "memorial rally" in another part of Nairobi to honour those killed during the four months of political upheaval since the August vote.
About 50 people are reported to have been killed in violence since Mr Kenyatta was declared the winner in the initial August election. "We actually call it coronation other than an inauguration because we don't believe that he's the legitimately elected leader of Kenya," he told the BBC.
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". According to the opposition leader, Mr Kenyatta was elected by "just a small section of the country".
Speaking earlier this month, Mr Odinga said: "Today is the day we are launching Kenya as a third republic. Reuters reports that police have sealed off the area chosen for the opposition rally and fired tear gas at people trying to gather.
"What you have seen is a signal that a third liberation is coming soon," he added. In the opposition stronghold of Kisumu, in the west of the country, local people told BBC News they were not happy with the inauguration.
"I am going to peacefully accept and move on but I won't recognise this presidency," said one man.
"I don't even think I'd ever go to any government office to seek for services because I know it's a government that has come to office by force, it has killed people to be there."
A woman said Mr Kenyatta had not won fairly.
"A large part of the country did not vote - Kisumu being a major part that did not vote - and so we feel that it's not time to move on," she said. "It will not be an easy thing to do."