Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in as president of Kenya
By TOM ODULA, Associated Press
Apr 9, 2013 5:40 AM CDT
Members of the Kenyan military parade as they practice ahead of the presidential inauguration which is due to take place on Tuesday, at the Kasarani stadium near Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 5, 2013. Kenya's Supreme Court last week upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president...   (Associated Press)

Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya's fourth president.

The country's chief justice administered the oath of office to Kenyatta in a sports stadium packed with tens of thousands of Kenyans and about a dozen African leaders on Tuesday.

Kenyatta, 51, the son of Kenya's first president, becomes the second sitting African president to face charges at the International Criminal Court over allegations he helped orchestrate the vicious tribe-on-tribe violence that marred Kenya's 2007 presidential election.

Before the March 4 vote, the top U.S. official for Africa warned of "consequences" if Kenyatta was voted into office. European countries offered similar warnings. But the U.S. ambassador and European ambassadors were in attendance at Tuesday's ceremony, and analysts say they doubt the warnings of consequences will amount to very much.