Kenya government says it will close down two rights organizations

Ballot boxes are stacked at a tallying centre in Mombasa, Kenya, August 9, 2017.

The Kenyan government is trying to shut down a rights group and a pro-democracy organization who have raised queries over last week's disputed presidential election, officials from the organizations said on Tuesday.

Official letters from the NGO Board - the government-run body that registers and regulates NGOs - to the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and Africa Centre for Open Governance (Africog) said the two organizations risked punishment for administrative and tax reasons.