Kenya's opposition boycotted the opening session of parliament on Tuesday later the Supreme Court cancelled the effect of terminal month's presidential election together with ordered a fresh vote.
President Uhuru Kenyatta -- who had his victory inwards the August 8 poll annulled on September 1 -- led proceedings, piece opposition lawmakers made skillful on a hope to boycott the ceremony.
Supreme Court judges usually attend the opening of parliament simply also stayed away.
"No affair the political noises that are loudest during elections, I desire to assure every Kenyan, together with the world, that every arm of regime is inwards house together with operational," said Kenyatta. "There is no void together with at that spot is no lacuna."
Kenya's election committee laid upward Oct 17 every bit the engagement for a novel presidential vote betwixt Kenyatta together with opposition leader Raila Odinga, next the Supreme Court ruling.
"Even though I strongly disagreed with that decision, I accepted it," Kenyatta said, reminding MPs that upholding the constitution "does non hateful ever having your way."
Kenyatta took a swipe at the opposition, who necessitate maintain alleged calculator hacking, fraudulent effect tallying together with questionable tendering inwards terminal month's elections, saying, "a marked ballot represents to a greater extent than than technology, to a greater extent than than computers systems, or fifty-fifty where it was printed."
Nearly two-thirds of Kenya's 349 lawmakers belong to Kenyatta's Jubilee together with affiliated parties, together with at that spot was sporadic applause from the floor.
"The grade is the pick of a sovereign people. Their pick is sacred together with must never 1 time again live on frustrated or ignored," he said.
At the same fourth dimension Odinga held a rally amongst other opposition leaders together with lawmakers inwards Kibera, a Nairobi slum, dismissing the opening of parliament every bit "a Jubilee meeting"
"The president has no powers to opened upward parliament because his victory was nullified past times the court," said Odinga. "Parliament tin hand the axe solely live on opened past times a validly elected president. He was not."
Odinga also reiterated demands that the election committee live on overhauled if his National Super Alliance coalition is to participate inwards side past times side month's vote.
AFP