President-elect Uhuru invites NASA leader Raila Odinga to attend his inauguration

President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta with NASA leader Raila Odinga at a past event. (Photo: Courtesy)

President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta has invited Opposition leader Raila Odinga for his inauguration on Tuesday next week.

The Head of State also invited other presidential candidates who participated in the August 8 General Election and October 26 repeat presidential election.

“The seven other presidential candidates and their running mates in the last presidential election have been invited for the ceremony,” Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua said on Friday.

Mr Kinyua urged the Opposition to cancel its plan to swear in Raila and engage the Government in issues affecting Kenyans.

"As a people who would want us to move together as one, we will plead that it is not necessary to have any other public function that day. We can bring out the issues we want discussed later.  We should all work towards a cohesive, united Kenyan society," said Kinyua.

Kinyua is the chairman of the 22-member Assumption of Office of the President Committee.

NASA leaders are planning to swear in Raila as President of the People’s Republic of Kenya on November 28.

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the re-election of Uhuru paving way for his swearing in for second term in office.

The court nullified the August 8 election on account of illegalities and irregularities.

Among the faults found by the highest court in the land is lack of proper transmission system and at the same time use of forms which did not have security features.

This time, the court unanimously upheld President Uhuru’s re-election throwing out the petitions on grounds that they were not merited.