A heavily-armed contingent of security officers was Wednesday morning deployed outside the National Assembly after reports indicated that President Uhuru Kenyatta's State of the Nation address would be disrupted.
The officers were stationed outside the building while backed up with sniffer dogs which did a thorough security check on anyone accessing the area.
Those who tried to pass near the locations were also kept at bay as police vehicles were stationed at strategic locations to keep things in order.
Kenyatta is expected to address the joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate to give a breakdown of the government's achievements in the past one year as is required by the Constitution.
Top military bosses including Chief of Defence Forces Samson Mwathethe are also present as the President is set to inspect a guard of honour.
Earlier, there were speculations pointing at a plan by the Opposition MPs to disrupt the event as was witnessed last year when the lawmakers started blowing whistles as Kenyatta began reading his speech.
This year, the Opposition MPs have assured that they don't have any cards under their sleeves and they only plan to keenly listen to the whole speech.
Nonetheless, the legislators led by Suna East MP Junet Mohamed affirmed that they would prepare their own “State of the nation” address which they will give on Monday.
At the same time, Homa Bay Women Representative Gladys Wanga indicated that the Opposition would listen to the President as a way of bidding him farewell.
