Dozens of armed police officers Wednesday laid roadblocks on roads leading to State House in Nairobi ahead of a planned protest by a section of Kenyans over the cost of living.
The protesters are also angered by various reforms initiated by President William Ruto.
Police were deployed with spikes at various points on major roads including State House Road, State House Avenue, Processional Way and Dennis Pritt where they briefly stopped and questioned motorists.
As early as 6 am, the teams had arrived and at times turned away motorcyclists.
The officers said they were under instructions not to allow the motorcyclists as they could be used to ferry crowds to State House for the protests.
This came even amid confusion on if the planned mass action by Azimio la Umoja leaders would continue.
The 14-day ultimatum issued by the leaders ends Wednesday and there have been meetings to plan the mass action, officials said.
Azimio leader Raila Odinga reminded President William Ruto that he has until Wednesday midnight to respond to their grievances, which were issued at Jeevanjee gardens in Nairobi.
Speaking on Tuesday, Raila said that failure to honour the demands, Azimio will proceed with mass action on Thursday.
"We want you to wait for the time, the deadline is tomorrow (Wednesday) at midnight. So you will hear from us on Thursday," he said.
Raila on February 22, gave the Ruto administration a 14-day ultimatum to address his concerns about the high cost of living, electoral injustice, and skewed sharing of state jobs.
Raila had asked his supporters to stand firm saying upon the expiry, street protests will begin if Ruto fails to heed the demands.
Raila spelt out three demands Ruto should meet for them to have any talks.
Raila said Ruto must first agree to open the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) servers.
He went on to say that the head of state should also stop the ongoing recruitment of the IEBC commissioners.
He added Ruto must ensure the cost of living comes down because Kenyans are suffering.
The opposition chief has been leading a series of anti-government rallies countrywide.
The Azimio group has held anti-government rallies in Kamukunji, Jacaranda and Jevanjee gardens in Nairobi.
They also held rallies in Machakos, Kisumu, Busia, Kisii and Kakamega.
Ruto says he will remain unshaken and continue serving Kenyans.