Kenya's opposition says postpones 'swearing-in' of alternative president


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  • Monday, 11 Dec 2017

FILE PHOTO - Kenyan opposition leader of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition Raila Odinga addresses his supporters in Nairobi, Kenya November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition said on Sunday it had postponed plans to swear in its leader Raila Odinga as an alternative president, easing political tensions and opening a window for possible talks with the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Opposition coalition NASA had planned to publicly "inaugurate" Odinga at a rally on Tuesday, Kenyan independence day, in what the attorney general said this week would be an act of treason.

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