President Uhuru. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
14:28 hrs: program ends. Dignitaries start leaving.
14:26hrs: National and East African anthem sang.
14:25 hrs: Uhuru prays ''Our Father Who Art in Heaven'' in English while DP Ruto prays in Swahili.
14:23 hrs: Uhuru concludes his written speech.
14:22 hrs: ''candidates who did their K.C.S.E must know their form 1 placements.''
14:21 hrs: ''We shall overcome our ethnic divisions.''
14:17 hrs: President Uhuru says that East Africans will be treated like Kenyans in the spirit of greater integration.
14:13 hrs. ''We will engage with the judiciary.''
14:05 hrs: ''I have reached out to my political opponents.''
14:03 hrs: ''On August 8, you gave us an overwhelming mandate.''
13:56: ''Our constitution is not a piece of paper.''
13:53 hrs: ''I will play my role as defined by law.''
13:50 hrs: ''The law should be our refuge.'' Uhuru Kenyatta.
13:46 hrs: ''Today's inauguration marks the end of our electoral process.'' Uhuru.
13:34 hrs: President Uhuru promises to incorporate ideas the opposition.
13:38 hrs: President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the crowd. Starts speech with expressions of gratitude to God.
13:37 hrs: Ruto invites president Uhuru Kenyatta to speak.
13:35 hrs: The Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni speaks.
13:34 hrs: Rwanda's president Paul Kagame speaks.
13:32 hrs: President of Gabon Ali Bongo speaks.
13:30 hrs: Zambia's president Edgar Lungu addresses the crowd and expressed his pride in Kenyans.
13:28 hrs: Ruto acknowledges foreign dignitaries present.
13:27 hrs: ''we must resist violence.'' Ruto.
13:25 hrs: ''This election was special. It was about issues.'' Ruto
13:19 hrs: DP Ruto addresses Kenyans.
13:09 hrs: A Rwandan traditional dance group takes the stage.
13:05 hrs: Florence Mureithi takes the stage to sing her hit song ''Inuka Mteule'' backed by a choir.
13:02 hrs: Entertainment session begins.Masaai traditional dancers take the stage.
12:55 hrs: 21-gun salute over. Having been granted the permission to leave the field, the military parade majestically marches away.
12:53 hrs: 21-gun salute follows.
12:51 hrs: The National anthem is played.
12:50 hrs: The photo session is officially over.
12:49 p.m: The president and the deputy president take a photo flanked by their grinning wives.
12:48 p.m: Maraga and Uhuru take a photo.
12:47 p.m: Anne Amadi announces the swearing-in ceremony is over.
Photo session begins.
12:45 p.m: Chief justice introduces DP Ruto to the crowd.
12:44 p.m: Ruto and Maraga are through with signing.
12:42 p.m: Ruto and chief justice Maraga take their seats at the signing table.
12:40 p.m: William Ruto takes the oath of execution and functions of the deputy president office.
12:37 p.m: William Ruto takes the oath of office.
12:36 p.m: William Ruto approaches the podium.
12:34 p.m: Maraga introduces the deputy president to the public.
12:33 p.m: Maraga gives Uhuru Kenyatta the inauguration certificate.
12:31 p.m: Chief Justice Maraga has finished counter-signing the documents.
12:30 p.m: The president has finished signing the documents.
12:29 p.m: President Uhuru Kenyatta appends his signature to three documents including the Inauguration certificate. Also appending his signature is the Chief Justice.
12:26 p.m: The president proceeds to the signing table.
12;25 p.m: President Kenyatta takes the second oath of the execution of duties and functions of the office of the president.
12:24 p.m: Uhuru Kenyatta takes the oath of office.
12:22 p.m: Chief registrar Anne Amadi swears in Uhuru Kenyatta.
12:21 p.m: Maraga invites Uhuru to the podium.
12:20 p.m: Uhuru Kenyatta was duly elected on October 26 duly elected as president Maraga says.
12:18 p.m: Chief Justice David Maraga takes his position on the inauguration podium and addresses the crown.
12:16 p.m: Chief registrar Anne Atieno Amadi takes her position on the podium and addresses the audience.
She confirms that Uhuru Kenyatta is within statutory timelines.
She invites the Chief Justice to the podium.
12;15 p.m: Mace placed in position by magistrate Maloba Were.
12:12 p.m: A Deliverance Church clergyman prays.
12:09 p.m: A priest from the Catholic Diocese of Nairobi prays.
12:08: A Muslim cleric prays.
12:07 p.m: An elder from Kajiado prays.
12:06 p.m: The crowd at the stadium cannot stop shouting in spite of spirited exhortation from the MC.
12:03 p.m: President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta starts greeting the dignitaries.
12:02 p.m: The president has finished inspecting the guard of honor.
12:00: The president inspects the guard of honor.
11:57: The national anthem plays.
11:50: President Uhuru arrives at the stadium and the crowd plunges into total delirium.
11:49 a.m: Uhuru mounts the armored vehicle that will take him into the stadium as he waves at those present
11:48 a.m. President Uhuru has arrived in the precincts of the inauguration venue.
11:40 a.m: President Uhuru's convoy with outriders cruising towards Kasarani Safaricom Stadium.
11:39 a.m: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrives.
11:27: The Maroon Commandoes take the stage to entertain those present at Kasarani.
11:26 a.m: President Ali Bongo of Gabon arrives.
11:24: a.m: President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi arrives.11:22 a.m: Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrives.
11:21 a.m: Prime Minister of Ethiopia arrives.
11:20 a.m: President of Namibia Hage Geingo.
11:19 a.m President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Ghere arrives.11:22 a.m Edgar Lungu, president of Malawi arrives.
11:19 a.m DP Ruto arrives.