Kenya’s opposition to swear in its own leader as the ‘people’s president’
Nairobi — Kenya’s main opposition alliance said it will proceed with plans to swear in Raila Odinga as the so-called people’s president as it reiterated calls for a national dialogue. Odinga, leader of the National Super Alliance (NASA), will be sworn in on January 30, David Ndii, a technical adviser to the group of parties, told reporters on Thursday in the capital, Nairobi. A national convention is being planned that will unveil the opposition government’s leadership, he said. "The swearing-in is a reclamation of the NASA presidential election victory" of August 8, Ndii said. A repeat vote held two months later was "a sham election and a coup on the people of Kenya". The nation held two presidential elections last year after the country’s supreme court ruled the first vote in August was flawed. NASA boycotted the second ballot in October after the country’s electoral commission failed to implement opposition recommendations to ensure a free and fair vote. Incumbent President Uhuru...
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