William Ruto's Swearing-In: List of 20 Heads of State Attending Inauguration of Kenya's 5th President
Date 2022/9/18 13:27:40 | Topic: Kenya
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At least 20 Heads of State are expected in the country for today's inauguration of president-elect William Ruto.
Those already in Nairobi for Ruto's big day are the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Felix Tshisekedi, Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Mozambique's Filipe Nyusi.
Its all systems go at Kasarani Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho said some 60,000 people would be allowed at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, the event venue, to witness the swearing-in of the East African country's new leader.
Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party leader Raila Odinga will miss the inauguration.
20 African heads of state TUKO.co.ke looks at the 20 African countries whose heads of state are scheduled to attend the event:
1. Wavel Ramkalawan - Seychelles
2. Samia Suluhu Hassan - Tanzania
3. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud - Somalia
4. Cleopas Dlamini - Eswatini
5. Mahamat Déby - Chad
6. Filipe Nyusi - Mozambique
7. Brahim Ghali - Saharawi republic
8. Emmerson Mnangagwa - Zimbabwe
9. Julius Maada Bio - Sierra Leone
10. Felix Tshisekedi - DRC
11. Azali Assoumani - Comoros
12. Abiy Ahmed - Ethiopia
13. Umaro Sissoco Embaló - Guinea Bissau
14. Lazarus Chakwera - Malawi
15. Évariste Ndayishimiye - Burundi
16. Yoweri Museveni - Uganda
17. Denis Sassou Nguesso - Congo
18. Ismail Omar Guelleh - Djibouti
19. Paul Kagame - Rwanda
20. Salva Kiir - South Sudan
TUKO.co.ke earlier reported that the president-elect held talks with presidents Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Filipe Nyusi (Mozambique) and Felix Tshisekedi (Democratic Republic of Congo).
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