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Kenyan opposition politician was charged on Tuesday with treason and unlawful assembly for his involvement in the symbolic presidential “swearing in” of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The charge sheet presented by police to the court in Kajiado south of Nairobi said Miguna Miguna was being
charged with “being present and consenting to the administration of an oath to commit a capital offence, namely treason”.
Miguna was also charged with “taking part in an unlawful assembly” and “engaging in organised criminal activity”.
NAN reports that on Friday, Miguna was taken from his Nairobi home to a police station.
An Odinga ally, Miguna has declared himself a leader of the opposition’s National Resistance Movement, which the government on Wednesday declared a criminal group.
The government took three private television channels off the air on Tuesday as they began to cover of the opposition ceremony.
They remained off the air on Friday at 0730 GMT in spite of a court order on Thursday that overturned the government-ordered shutdown.
Odinga says the 2017 elections, won by President Uhuru Kenyatta, were rigged.