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November 30, 2017: Kenya\u2019s main opposition leader, Raila Odinga has promised supporters that he would be sworn-in as president on December 12.<\/strong><\/address>\n<\/div>\n
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The announcement comes shortly after the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta who was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Expert say such a move would only deepen divisions opened by the extended election season in Kenya, a Western ally in a volatile region.<\/p>\n

The elections are now firmly behind us, I will devote my time and energy to build bridges.<\/p>\n

Months of acrimonious campaigns and sporadic clashes have already blunted growth in East Africa\u2019s richest economy.<\/p>\n

At a lavish inauguration attended by the heads of many African nations, Kenyatta did his best to paint a picture of a country moving beyond that divide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe elections are now firmly behind us, I will devote my time and energy to build bridges,\u201d he told a rapturous crowd as he was sworn in for a second, five-year term in a sports stadium in the capital,Nairobi.<\/p>\n

But, he warned, Kenyans needed to \u201cfree ourselves from the baggage of past grievances, and keep to the rule of law\u201d.<\/p>\n

Such words may ring hollow to citizens accustomed to the government ignoring detailed reports on corruption from the country\u2019s auditor-general and documentation of hundreds of extrajudicial police killings every year from human rights groups.<\/p>\n

Last year, Kenyatta angered many Kenyans by saying he wanted to tackle corruption but his \u201chands are tied\u201d. His government has also promised to improve police accountability, but an independent watchdog has only ever managed convict two officers of murder despite thousands of brutality complaints.<\/p>\n

Kenyatta won a repeat presidential election on Oct. 26 that was boycotted by Odinga, who said it would not be free and fair. The Supreme Court nullified the first presidential election, in August, over irregularities.<\/p>\n

Supporters of Kenyatta who won the October poll 98 percent of the vote after Odinga`s boycott \u2013 want the opposition to engage in talks and move on.<\/p>\n

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But Odinga`s supporters see such talk of unity as tantamount to surrender. Many of them are drawn from poorer parts of the country, and feel angered because they say they are locked out of power and the patronage it brings.<\/p>\n

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