Kenya’s Attorney-General Githu Muigai said on Thursday that any
attempt to hold a parallel swearing in of a president would amount
to treason.
Muigai did not name anyone but opposition leader Raila Odinga
said in November he would be inaugurated by a people’s assembly on
Dec. 12, Kenya’s Independence Day.
“The criminal law of the Republic of Kenya stipulates that sort
of process is high treason.
“It is high treason of the persons involved, and any other
person facilitating that process,” he told a news conference.
President Uhuru Kenyatta won a repeat presidential election on
Oct. 26 that was boycotted by Mr. Odinga, who said it would not be
free and fair.
The Supreme Court nullified the first presidential election, in
August, over irregularities.
Kenyatta’s speech acknowledged that the extended election season
has divided Kenya, a Western ally in a volatile region, and blunted
growth in East Africa’s richest economy.
“The elections are now firmly behind us … I will devote my time
and energy to build bridges,” Kenyatta told the rapturous crowd in
a sports stadium in the capital of Nairobi as he formally began his
second, five-year term.
He said Kenyans needed to “free ourselves from the baggage of
past grievances, and … keep to the rule of law”.
Supporters of Kenyatta, who won with 98 per cent of the vote
after Odinga’s boycott, want him to engage in talks and move
on.
Odinga says talk of unity is tantamount to surrender.
(Reuters/NAN)
Kenya’s Attorney-General Githu Muigai said on Thursday that any
attempt to hold a parallel swearing in of a president would amount
to treason.
Muigai did not name anyone but opposition leader Raila Odinga
said in November he would be inaugurated by a people’s assembly on
Dec. 12, Kenya’s Independence Day.
“The criminal law of the Republic of Kenya stipulates that sort
of process is high treason.
“It is high treason of the persons involved, and any other
person facilitating that process,” he told a news conference.
President Uhuru Kenyatta won a repeat presidential election on
Oct. 26 that was boycotted by Mr. Odinga, who said it would not be
free and fair.
The Supreme Court nullified the first presidential election, in
August, over irregularities.
Kenyatta’s speech acknowledged that the extended election season
has divided Kenya, a Western ally in a volatile region, and blunted
growth in East Africa’s richest economy.
“The elections are now firmly behind us … I will devote my time
and energy to build bridges,” Kenyatta told the rapturous crowd in
a sports stadium in the capital of Nairobi as he formally began his
second, five-year term.
He said Kenyans needed to “free ourselves from the baggage of
past grievances, and … keep to the rule of law”.
Supporters of Kenyatta, who won with 98 per cent of the vote
after Odinga’s boycott, want him to engage in talks and move
on.
Odinga says talk of unity is tantamount to surrender.
(Reuters/NAN)
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