Kenyan authorities shut down private television and radio stations on Tuesday as thousands of supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga gathered in a Nairobi park where he was due to take the presidential oath in an act of protest. Odinga’s supporters insist that he, not President Uhuru Kenyatta, is Kenya’s legitimate leader, and that Kenyatta’s election was neither free nor fair. The attorney-general had warned that Odinga could be charged with treason if the event went ahead – an offense that can carry the death penalty. Nearly 100 people were killed over the prolonged election period, mostly in clashes between Odinga supporters and police. “The Communications Authority of Kenya has switched off Citizen Television and Radio in most parts of the country over the coverage of the NASA ‘swearing-in’ plan,” Citizen said on its website.

Source: Egypt Independent January 30, 2018 10:18 UTC