Armed policemen have laid checkpoints on roads leading to State House in the capital, Nairobi, amid fears of planned opposition protests.
Motorists are being stopped and searched at various points on the roads.
Units from regular and administration police barricaded key roads in Nairobi and Mombasa as a 14-day ultimatum for mass protests led by opposition leader Raila Odinga came to and end.
Raila has been leading a series of anti-government rallies countrywide.
Odinga had vowed to lead his supporters in protests if President William Ruto declines to suspend the impending recruitment of new members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
In Nairobi, the entire section of State House Road beginning from Serena Hotel was under police surveillance.
The situation was replicated in Kisumu where police deployed on strategic roads despite there being no indication of President Ruto’s arrival in the lakeside city.
Along Kisumu’s State House Road, no vehicles were allowed. Motorists heading to Milimani estate were forced to find alternative routes.
