President Uhuru in Djibouti for President Guelleh’s Inauguration

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday, May 15, arrived in Djibouti to attend the inauguration of the country’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh.

Guelleh was last month re-elected for a fifth term as president with more than 97 per cent of the votes.

The presidential election was boycotted by all opposition candidates, except for one, over claims of electoral malpractice. However, Omar’s administration insisted the polls were fair.

Omar, 73, is one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders. He was picked to succeed his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who led the country to independence from France in 1977.

Omar’s government amended the Constitution in 2010 and removed the two-term limit provision, allowing him to run for another two terms. The amendments included a 75-year-old age limit for presidential candidates.

President Kenyatta was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo.

Other leaders who attended the inauguration are Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, President Muse Biihi of Somaliland and Somali’s Prime Minister Mohamed Roble. Rwanda’s Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente represented President Paul Kagame at the function.

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