Thousands watch opposition leader Raila Odinga take a symbolic presidential oath in a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenya’s Interior Ministry has declared the opposition alliance known as the National Resistance Movement a criminal organization after the group's leader, Raila Odinga, in front of thousands of his supporters, symbolically took the oath of “president” in defiance of last year’s controversial election and of authorities, who said such an act would be considered treason. It’s not clear what comes next for Kenya, given the political situation.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga was greeted by thousands of frenzied supporters at Nairobi’s Uhuru Park Tuesday afternoon, despite a seven-hour delay. As the 73-year-old and his entourage drove through the crowd, his supporters jostled, and some scuffled, to see him inaugurated as the so-called “people’s president.” After swearing an oath of office on a bible, Odinga called it a “historic day for the people of Kenya.” “Today’s step is one step towards doing away with electoral autocracy. And, establishing full-fledged democracy in our country,” he said.
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