Kenyan journalists, fearing arrest, camp out in the newsroom

NTV Kenya managing editor Linus Kaikai (left) with some of his lawyers at Nation Centre in Nairobi on January 31, 2018. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG

Three Kenyan journalists said on Thursday they spent the night in their newsroom in fear of arrest, watching plainclothes policemen camped outside, and that their lawyers would file court petitions in the morning seeking to ensure their freedom.

Their station, NTV, was one of three independently owned stations shut down by Kenyan authorities on Tuesday after they broadcast live coverage of an opposition ceremony symbolically “swearing in” opposition leader Raila Odinga.