William Samoei Ruto has officially been declared President
of Kenya following his swearing-in ceremony, which took place at the Karasani
Stadium, Kenya.
He was sworn in by the Chief Judge, Martha Koome, on Tuesday
at a ceremony held in the packed Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani.
Amid cheers from the excited crowd, Ruto swore an oath of
allegiance and another oath for the execution of the functions of the office.
Ruto also appended his signature to the corresponding
documents, as seen in the live broadcast monitored by our correspondent on
Tuesday.
With his inauguration, Ruto becomes the fifth president of
Independent Kenya, and the second ethnic Kalenjin after the late Daniel Arap
Moi to hold the office.
Hours before his inauguration, the outgoing president Uhuru
Kenyatta congratulated Ruto on his victory in the August 9 poll.
Kenyans quoted Uhuru as saying, “As a hallmark of our
democracy, therefore, I will, before God and my fellow countrymen, handover the
instruments of power to our new president at the Moi International Sports
Center Kasarani and with that, the fourth administration will come to an end and
the tenure of the fifth administration will begin.”
“My family and I join all Kenyans in wishing the very best
to our next President Dr. William Samoei Ruto and extending to him our warmest
congratulations for receiving the mandate of Kenyans to lead us as our 5th
president.”
The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, was also at
the swearing-in ceremony.
Osinbajo’s media aide, Laolu Akande, made this known in a
tweet which read, “VP Osinbajo now in Nairobi, Kenya where he is representing
Nigeria at the inauguration of Dr. William Ruto as Kenya’s fifth President
today.
“On arrival, VP congratulates ‘the people of Kenya on this
celebration of democracy,’ and added, ‘God bless the Republic of Kenya’.”
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