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On this day last year Raila Odinga was 'sworn in' as people's president

On this day, one year ago, Kenya saw the ‘swearing-in’ of Opposition leader Raila Odinga as the people’s president after the hotly contested presidential election that saw the country stare at possible post-election violence.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati had declared President Uhuru Kenyatta winner of the October 26, 2017 repeat presidential election. He ganered 7,483,895 votes out of the 7,616,217 valid votes cast.

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