What Raila team, civil society want president Barack Obama to engage President Uhuru over

Tone Theatre Production rehearse a musical, Dreams of a Father, at the Kenya National Theatre yesterday. The production is about US President Barack Obama and will be staged from July 22-26. [PHOTO: ELVIS OGINA/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The civil society and the Opposition want insecurity, good governance and human rights to be top on the agenda when President Uhuru Kenyatta and his US counterpart Barack Obama meet during his visit to Kenya.

Seventeen human rights organisations have petitioned President Obama to raise concern about threats to civil society and the media, corruption and human rights violations during his trip. The groups particularly want Obama to put pressure on the Government to implement the Constitution and uphold international human rights conventions.