Nairobi, Feb. 1 (TNS): Three of Kenya’s biggest television stations will remain off-air until further notice because they had planned to broadcast the opposition leader’s unofficial “inauguration” in Nairobi.
Interior Minister Fred Matiang’i told reporters they would stay closed until investigations were complete.
Shortly after he spoke, opposition MP Tom Kajwang was arrested.
Mr Kajwang played a prominent role in Tuesday’s ceremony naming Raila Odinga as “the people’s president”.
The outspoken MP had donned a lawyer’s robe and wig, to the amusement of thousands of cheering opposition supporters in Uhuru park, in the capital Nairobi.
It is unclear what charges he will face.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement circulating on social media that broadcasting the event – described as an attempt to “subvert or overthrow” the government – “would have led to the deaths of thousands of innocent Kenyans”.
