Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:23:00 +0000 By EDWARD MWANGO WHEN news spiralled both on the local and international scene that Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga had taken an unofficial oath to be “sworn in” as the nation’s people’s president, mixed reactions gripped many Zambians. Some political analysts described the whole episode as confusing while others said it was a moment of ‘wait and see’. According to Al Jazeera, local and other international news media, Mr Odinga on Tuesday January 30th 2018 took his oath, cheered on by thousands of supporters who had gathered in Nairobi’s Uhuru Park. “Today is a historic day for the people of Kenya,” Odinga said in a speech after taking his oath. “The people have gathered here in the hundreds of thousands to say enough is enough with the electoral rigging. “Today’s step is one step towards the doing away with electoral autocracy and to establishing proper democracy in our country.” […]
