LIVE: Defiant NASA supporters head to Uhuru Park for Odinga swearing in

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  After a tense night, reports indicate that Kenya police on Tuesday morning allowed buses ferrying National Super Alliance (NASA) to head towards Nairobi on a day when opposition leader Raila Odinga is planning to have himself sworn in as an alternative president.

Hundreds of supporters were photographed arriving at the venue on Tuesday.

The ceremony — if it goes ahead — will put the opposition on a collision course with police and the government, with attorney general Githu Muigai warning in December that any “swearing-in” would be treasonous raising the possibility of Odinga’s arrest, a move that would heighten tensions.

Uhuru Park, Nairobi. NASA Supporters arriving in bits. @citizentvkenya pic.twitter.com/PuMPFOKcCq

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Uhuru Park, Nairobi @citizentvkenya pic.twitter.com/U1stpNaimo

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Police had earlier said the gathering, to be held at Nairobi’s central Uhuru Park, is illegal with city police chief Japheth Koome saying Sunday “the grounds will be a no-go zone”.

Odinga challenged the result of the original August vote winning an unprecedented annulment, but then boycotted the court-ordered re-run in October handing victory to Kenyatta who won 98 percent of the vote but with a turnout of just 39 percent.

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