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I’ll be sworn in as president in December —Odinga

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Raila Odinga, the National Super Alliance coalition leader, told a press conference that projections from his own team showed he was ‘far ahead’. PHOTO: AP.

KENYAN opposition leader Raila Odinga told a crowd that he would hold an assembly that would swear him in as president on 12 December, reports Reuters news agency.
Minutes after Mr Odinga spoke, riot police teargassed his convoy and charged the crowd, Reuters adds.
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Mr Odinga made the announcement when supporters were gathered along a road in the Nairobi suburb of Eastlands after police sealed off the location where he had planned to hold a rally earlier in the day, as reported by BBC.