ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Kenyan opposition lawmakers disrupted a vote on Thursday (December 18), forcing the parliamentary speaker to postpone the session.<br/> <br />Members of the opposition were shouting and tearing up papers. The parliamentary speaker Justin Muturi suspended the session and said it would resume in the afternoon.<br/> <br />Journalists were barred from the parliament's press gallery and the live television transmission was discontinued.<br/> <br />Lawmakers were debating amendments to tough counter-terrorism measures that rights activists say threaten civil liberties and free speech.<br/> <br />President Uhuru Kenyatta has faced mounting pressure to boost security since an attack in September 2013 on Nairobi's Westgate mall that left 67 people dead.<br/> <br />He has urged lawmakers to pass the amendments to the bill.
