Kenyan law criminalizes thinking or imagining the president's death.
Last Saturday, August 19, chaos reigned in Nairobi as police violently dispersed a rally called by an opposition member of parliament, James Orengo, to discuss the stalled review of Kenya's constitution and on the 2002 presidential elections. Though Moi is not eligible, he is under pressure from some party hawks to ignore the constitutional requirement. Elsewhere in town police watched as terror gangs, allegedly hired by the ruling party Kenya African National Union, barricaded parliament buildings and bayed for the legislators' blood. One MP, Stephen Ndicho, was forced to draw out his gun after he was cornered by the thugs who were armed with whips and knives. Kenyan law criminalizes thinking or imagining the president's death and anyone who does so can be charged with treason.