Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in as Kenyan president -Tuesday April 9,2013

Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya's new president, following his victory in March 2013 against Raila Odinga.According to official results, Mr Kenyatta beat Mr Odinga by 50.07% to 43.28% in March, avoiding a run-off by just 8,100 votes

Uhuru Kenyatta(51)will be Kenya's youngest president .Born October 1961, son of founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta

Leaders present for the inauguration were  -
South Africa's Jacob Zuma, Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni.

Raila Odinga - the outgoing prime minister - is on holiday in South Africa, while other senior members of his Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) party have also stayed away to signal their opposition to Mr Kenyatta's presidency

The inauguration on Tuesday april 9,2013 takes place at Moi Sports Centre Kasarani, and several world leaders as well as tens of thousands of Kenyans will witness what is expected to be a colorful occasion live from the stadium as Uhuru takes the mantle from outgoing president Mwai Kibaki.

Note
Kenyatta is due to appear at the ICC for his trial in The Hague later this year, accused of crimes against humanity(denies the charges)He is 2nd African president to be indicted by ICC, after Sudan's Omar al-Bashir