OPINION: Uhuru's swearing-in is a new dawn for Kenya

Kenya has been in a political limbo for an exceedingly long time owing to presidential election and re-election petitions. Literally, judiciary, an independent arm of government has been the caretaker of sorts.

The September 1st presidential petition ruling favored the opposition and the country was set for a fresh presidential election on the 26th October 2017. National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga verbally withdrew from the repeat poll.

Nonetheless, the poll was conducted and President Kenyatta was elected with the majority. Following Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission's (IEBC) declaration of Uhuru as the winner of the repeat poll, former Kilome MP, H. Mwau, Njonjo Mue & Khalifa unsuccessfully petitioned the outcome- 25th November 2017 Ruling. 

The Supreme Court upheld Uhuru’s presidency by dismissing the two petitions.

UhuRuto's swearing-in today at the Kasarani Sports Centre will bring back three things;

Order

Due to lack of clarity and the insinuations that we don't have a validly elected president, citizens and their "misleaders" could get away with anything including and not limited to riots, looting, and killings.

Since the Supreme Court ruling on the 25th November 2017, it's certain that Uhuru Kenyatta is the president-elect and this confers on him the power to call out and crack down lawbreakers who would want to disrupt law and order.

This gives Kenyans a sense of safety and security as far as their businesses, livelihoods, lives, and peace is concerned. 

Hope

Due to the political uncertainty recently experience, the citizenry was worried and had been pushed to a corner of hopelessness.

Now that the president-elect has declared to continue with development agenda and efforts to unite the country, Kenyans can take a deep breath and run their lives without much worry.

Kenyans were also worried that the Country could bounce off the cliff- this would be backward and a negation of the progress the Country has made hitherto. 

Vision

Our vision 2030 blueprint would have been literally pushed aside should the country have plunged into political chaos.

We would have started a reconstruction surgery as opposed to steering ahead of the Vision 2030 goals. Now that normalcy is gradually resuming, there's great optimism that the vision is alive and achievable. 

Kenyans are tired; they want an end to politics, they want to resume their daily lives void of political disruptions.