National Super Alliance (NASA) supporters held a mock ceremony at Express area in Mombasa County to celebrate Raila Odinga’s swearing-in.
The party which was held on Tuesday went ahead to celebrate the day which the opposition had set aside to inaugurate Odinga as the "people’s president".
The supporters who are Juakali workers in the area stated that they had already bought food and drinks ahead of the planned event.
However, when the swearing-in was called off, the NASA supporters decided that they would still go ahead with the feast to celebrate the day.
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After weeks of building anticipation for a swearing-in, the Opposition leaders announced that Mr Odinga would not be sworn on Jamhuri Day.
"The swearing-in of Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka as President and Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya and the launch of the People’s Assembly scheduled for Tuesday, 12 December, has been postponed to a later date," Musalia Mudavadi stated.
"We wish to thank the government and the people of Mombasa who had graciously offered to host the event. Thank you very much, Mombasa," he added.
Majority of NASA supporters were angered by Sunday’s decision to postpone the swearing-in to a later date, but others stated they were comfortable with the move.
NASA had earlier hinted that there was a dilemma on how to swear-in Odinga in the absence of his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka who is in Germany attending to his ailing wife.
However, NASA supporters flooded the coalition’s Facebook page with comments expressing their disappointment prompting the NASA leadership to reassure them that the much-anticipated swearing-in will happen but at a later date.
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"Postponed not canceled. We’re in NRM for the long haul, for our children’s future. Baba hasn’t given up after almost 40 years how can we after less than one? #Resist," read the NASA response to the over 3,100 comments.
