Two Kenyan journalists were attacked inside the headquarters of the Orange Democratic Movement while waiting for a speech by opposition leader Raila Odinga responding to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory.
Journalists walked out en masse after veteran political journalist Francis Gachuri and 25-year-old television journalist Jane Gatwiri were assaulted while waiting for Odinga to speak.
Garwiri said: “we heard in Swahili, ‘Citizen (TV) must leave. When I was trying to record, I got a very hot slap on my face – my right cheek.
“Someone said I should move, pushed me, my camera was about to be broken.”
Some of Odinga’s supporters have accused Citizen of bias towards Kenyatta after the channel ran a tally of recent vote.
Odinga, who has lost his fourth election, was expected to give his first reaction to Kenyatta’s victory on Monday, but delayed a speech planned for…
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