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First Lady raids newspaper

NAIROBI: World Press Freedom Day? Not if you ask the Kenyan President's wife, who stormed into the newsroom of the nation's largest newspaper on Tuesday, demanding journalists be arrested for "biased coverage" and slapping a cameraman. The midnight-to-5 a.m. confrontation followed reports by newspapers of allegations the First Lady acts like highhanded royalty.

The takeover of the newsroom of The Daily Nation ``sends shivers down your spine,'' said Mwangi, the newspaper's editorial director. — AP

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