This Is What Will Happen To Raila Odinga If He Is Sworn In As President On December 12[Full Details]

Opposition leader Raila Odinga risks being sent to the gallows should he defiantly go a head with his planned 'swearing in' as president on December 12, 2017. Kenyan laws outlaws assumption of office of the president in any other means apart from a general election and supporting laws.

The Evening Post  understands that Raila would be charged with treason should the said swearing in ceremony be held.

Raila announced on Tuesday, November 28, shortly after Uhuru Kenyatta officially ascended to office for his second term, that he would be sworn in as president.

Chapter seven of the penal code on treason and alleged offences states that:

 (1) Any person who, owing allegiance to the Republic, in Kenya or elsewhere—

               (a) compasses, imagines, invents, devises or intends—  

                      (i) the death, maiming or wounding, or the imprisonment or restraint, of the President; or

                      (ii) the deposing by unlawful means of the President from his position as President or from the style, honour and name of Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kenya; or

                  (iii) the overthrow by unlawful means of the Government; and

          (b) expresses, utters or declares any such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices or intentions by publishing any printing or writing or by any overt act or deed, is guilty of the offence of treason.

The Opposition has maintained that it does not and will never recognise Uhuru Kenyatta as a validly elected president and will frustrate his administration until electoral reforms are achieved.

Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto were sworn in in a colourful ceremony witnessed by thousands of Kenyans and invited world leaders at Safaricom Stadium-Kasarani. NASA has vowed to call for massive economic sabotage to force a fresh election in 90 days.

Kenya is teetering on the edge over simmering political tensions following the disputed presidential election held on August 8 and a repeat exercise on October 26. Calls for talks between the two main rivals have yielded little as both Raila and Uhuru maintain their hardline stances.

Raila's elder brother Oburu Oginga denied he was in talks with Jubilee even as Uhuru revealed he had initiated talks with the NASA chief.