Inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta

Inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta
Date 9 April 2013 (2013-04-09)
Location Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya
Participants Uhuru Kenyatta

The inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta took place 9 April 2013.[1][2] Kenyatta won 50.07% of the vote in the 2013 presidential election.

After the supreme court dismissed Raila petition on 30 March 2013.According to Article 141 (2) (b) of the constitution says that in case the Supreme Court upholds the victory of the president-elect, the swearing in will take place on "the first Tuesday following the seventh day following the date on which the court renders a decision declaring the election to be valid.",[3] The event was held at Kasarani Stadium.

Background

When the first round of the presidential election took place on 4 March 2013, Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the president-elect of Kenya by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Raila Odinga challenged this in the Supreme Court of Kenya. However, his petition was dismissed on March 30, 2013.

Uhuru swearing will be 7th in Kenya after Jomo Kenyatta (1964), Daniel Arap Moi (1978, 1992, 1997) and Mwai Kibaki (2002, 2007)

Goodwill messages

Multilateral organisations

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Planning

No activities will take place at the Kasarani Stadium between 9 March and the inauguration date as security officers make the necessary arrangements. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony along with foreign heads of state.[21]

All president of EAC and neighbouring country have been invited as well as UK prime minister, EU president and President of USA.

The Schedule of the day according to Francis Kimemia the chairman committee of Assumption of power of the will be as follow[22]

Kenyatta will take two oaths; – one pledging allegiance to the Constitution and the second is the solemn affirmation of due execution of office of president.

President Kibaki will then hand over the Instruments of Power and Authority to Kenyatta, which will be followed by fanfare and the National Anthem during which Kibaki’s presidential Standard will be lowered while Kenyatta’s will be hoisted simultaneously.

A 21-gun salute will follow, and Kibaki will be given his Standard by the Chief of Defence Forces.

Ruto will then take his two oaths, after which the Guard of Honour will march off the stadium to be followed by a session of entertainment. "Once he is sworn in, Deputy President William Ruto will invite Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni to make a speech on behalf of invited dignitaries and then invite outgoing President Mwai Kibaki to make his valedictory speech," Kimemia said. Ruto will then deliver his speech as Deputy President and then invite Kenyatta to make his inaugural address to the nation.

Once the festivities which are set to begin at 10am and end at 2pm are over, Kibaki will lead the way out and receive Kenyatta at State House where a lunch with invited Heads of State will take place before leaving the house on the hill and all it entails to him

Foreign Dignitaries

The following dignitaries are expected to attend the ceremony:[23]

Heads of state and government
 Algeria Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal
 Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila
 Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
 Egypt Prime Minister Hesham Qandil
 Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
 Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba
 Morocco Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane
 Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan
 Rwanda President Paul Kagame
 Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
 South Africa President Jacob Zuma
 South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit
 Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete
 Uganda President Yoweri Museveni
 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe
Government representatives
 Brazil Under SG for Africa and the Middle East Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto
 Burundi 1st Vice-President Therence Sinunguruza
 China Special Envoy Zhang Baowen
 Ghana Minister for Foreign Affairs Hanna Tetteh
 India Minister of State for H.R. Development Shashi Tharoor
 Mexico María de Lourdes Aranda Bezaury
 Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali
 Seychelles Vice President Danny Faure
 Sri Lanka Deputy Minister for Civil Aviation Gitanjana Gunawardena
 South Korea Special Presidential Envoy Choung Byoung
 United Arab Emirates Minister of Energy Suhail Al Mazrouie
  Vatican City Special Envoy of His Holiness Francisco Padilla
 Zambia Vice President Guy Scott
Heads of Multilateral organizations
African Union Chairperson of the AU Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
COMESA Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya
Commonwealth of Nations Deputy Secretary General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba
Other attendees
 South Sudan Widow of John Garang Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior
 United States Special Guest of the President-Elect Jesse Jackson
 Zambia Former Presidents Rupiah Banda
Kenneth Kaunda

References

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