[PICTURES] Raila Lands in Congo for the Swearing in of an illegitimate President Felix Tshisekedi

AU envoy Raila Odinga has landed in Kinshasa fore the controversial swearing in of Felix Tshisekedi as the President of DR Congo.

As a person who has been thrice robbed of election victory, you’d think Baba would have sympathized with Martin Fayulu, the legitimate President of DR Congo. But Baba has making selfish, controversial decisions since last year’s handshake, so his latest move has not surprised anyone.

Today’s ceremony will see the 55-year-old sworn in as president, replacing Joseph Kabila who has ruled DR Congo since 2001.

The inauguration looks set to draw a line under three weeks of growing tension over the long and drawn-out counting process after the December 30 vote, which provisionally declared Tshisekedi, one of two opposition candidates, the winner.

But the outcome was swiftly denounced by his opposition rival Martin Fayulu, who filed an appeal. He claimed he had been cheated of an outright victory by an “electoral coup” masterminded by Kabila with Tshisekedi’s approval.

Although leaked figures from the provisional count appear to be heavily in his favour, the Constitutional Court dismissed his appeal.

At stake is political stewardship of the mineral-rich but notoriously unstable central African nation.

Democratic Republic of Congo has a population of some 80 million and covers an area the size of western Europe.

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