Kenya switches off TV and radio stations over plans to cover Odinga’s swearing-in ceremony
Nairobi — Independently owned Citizen Television and Radio stations said on Tuesday that government authorities had forced them off the air over plans to cover a gathering in the capital where opposition leader Raila Odinga plans to swear himself in as president. "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," the Citizen website said, referring to the opposition Nasa alliance. Several hundred supporters of opposition leader Odinga gathered on Tuesday morning at a park in downtown Nairobi, determined to "swear in as president" their leader, who boycotted an election rerun last year. President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term in November after winning the repeat presidential election in October that Odinga boycotted due to doubts it would be free and fair. Kenyatta had also been declared winner of the August election, but the Supreme Court later nullified ...
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