Envoys caution Kenya against electoral law changes

US ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec (behind the mike) speaks to the press at the Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi on October 02, 2017. DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Diplomats have asked Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and the National Super Alliance (Nasa) presidential candidate Raila Odinga to stop playing political games and undermining the electoral commission ahead of the repeat presidential elections.

They also warned that hardliners and inciters on both sides of the political divide could be sanctioned by their countries, travel bans and denial of visas included, if they were seen to be advocating violence and spreading hate speech.