The leader of the Kenyan opposition said that his life was in danger. Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga claims that during the an...
The leader of the Kenyan opposition said that his life was in danger.
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga claims that during the anti-government demonstrations he organized on Thursday, his car was shot at seven times.
According to Odinga, his life is in danger.
At a press conference, Mr. Odinga claimed that during the demonstrations in Nairobi, the nation's capital, the police had confiscated both his car and the vehicles of other opposition leaders.
He asserted that there was a plan to target Nairobi's frontline media offices and that the police had harassed journalists throughout the protests.
Mr. Odinga lambasted the international community for failing to respond to the government's violations of people's rights during the protests.
He said that on Monday, a sizable rally by the opposition will be held to put pressure on the government to reduce living expenses, reform the voting system, and address other issues.
The protest on Thursday resulted in six journalist injuries, raising the total number of journalists hurt since the movement's start last week to 22.
According to Margaret Cushing Whitman, the US ambassador to Kenya, the nation is concerned about stories of attacks on journalists there and that democracy is more important to them than defending press freedom.
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