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Uhuru Kenyatta: Kenyan President sworn in for second term amid violent clashes and protests Uhuru Kenyatta: Kenyan President sworn in for second term amid violent clashes and protests
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Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in for a second term as Kenya's President amid a months-long election controversy, with protests and clashes taking place across the country. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn into office for a second term in front of tens of thousands who gathered on Tuesday in the country's largest stadium to celebrate what they hoped would be the end of months of election turmoil. 
Kenyatta was inaugurated by chief registrar Anne Amadi using a Bible that had been used to swear in his father founding President Jomo Kenyatta at independence in 1963.  But during the ceremony, police fired guns and tear gas in other parts of the capital, Nairobi, as officers attempted to stop the opposition from holding peaceful demonstrations in memory of dozens killed by police and militia during weeks of election protests. A witness said one person was shot dead. 
The ceremony began amid heavy security in parts of the capital, Nairobi, following a call by the opposition for peaceful demonstrations in memory of dozens killed by police and militia while protesting Kenyatta's re-election.  Police patrolled the Jacaranda grounds where the leading opposition group, the National Super Alliance, had urged supporters to gather to remember those killed in post-election protests since August. 
Police used tear gas to push back Kenyatta supporters to prevent them from entering the 60,000-capacity Kasarani Stadium, even though four stands behind the VIP area were kept empty.  Kenya's election drama meant months of uncertainty in East Africa's economic hub. The Supreme Court nullified the August election results, citing irregularities, after a legal challenge by opposition leader Raila Odinga and ordered a new vote. 
More follows… It was the first time in Africa that a court had nullified a presidential election, and Kenya's events have been closely watched cross the continent by opposition parties and leaders alike. 
Odinga and his supporters boycotted the repeat election last month, saying electoral reforms had not been made. Many opposition supporters on Tuesday were heeding Odinga's call to gather and remember those killed in the months of turmoil. 
Odinga has called Kenyatta's inauguration a “coronation” instead. 
Several regional heads of state attended Kenyatta's inauguration amid tight security as the country attempted to move forward, even as questions about electoral reforms lingered. 
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