Date | 9 April 2013 |
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Location | Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya |
Participants | Uhuru Kenyatta |
The inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the 4th president of Kenya took place on 9 April 2013. [1] [2] Kenyatta won 50.07% of the vote in the 2013 presidential election, after the supreme court dismissed the Raila petition on 30 March 2013. According to Article 141 (2) (b) of the constitution, 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.A reception bouquet took place at State House,Nairobi.
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)
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 10 am and end at 2 pm 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
The following dignitaries attended 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 |
Date | 9 April 2013 |
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Location | Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya |
Participants | Uhuru Kenyatta |
The inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the 4th president of Kenya took place on 9 April 2013. [1] [2] Kenyatta won 50.07% of the vote in the 2013 presidential election, after the supreme court dismissed the Raila petition on 30 March 2013. According to Article 141 (2) (b) of the constitution, 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.A reception bouquet took place at State House,Nairobi.
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)
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 10 am and end at 2 pm 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
The following dignitaries attended 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 |