{"id":115086,"date":"2025-05-15T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/kindiki-condemns-chaos-at-gachaguas-dcp-launch\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:05:11","slug":"kindiki-condemns-chaos-at-gachaguas-dcp-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kindiki-condemns-chaos-at-gachaguas-dcp-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindiki condemns chaos at Gachagua\u2019s DCP launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 \u2013 Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has condemned the chaos at Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s Democracy for Citizens party launch after his security fired to disperse goons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Deputy President underscored the need for tolerance and issue-based politics.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that violence and divisive utterances as a way of showing political differences have no place in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country must exercise democratic tolerance and embrace issue-based politics. Insults, violence and divisive rhetoric as a means of processing political differences of opinion have no place in our society,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe owe to the current and future generations a nation built on peace, peaceful coexistence and respect for one another even when we disagree on issues of policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the incident, rowdy goons stormed the venue of Gachagua\u2019s launch along the Musa Gitau Road in Lavington, causing chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The goons stormed the venue in an apparent plan to disrupt the event.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Gachagua had made his speech and even read the names of party officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police officers who were on high alert quickly intervened and began shooting into the air to disperse the crowd, which had gathered to witness the former DP\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the goons who were cornered during the ensuing melee were assaulted even as party officials were whisked to safety.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, May 15 \u2013 Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has condemned the chaos at Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s Democracy for Citizens party launch after his security fired to disperse goons. In a statement, the Deputy President underscored the need for tolerance and issue-based politics. He stated that violence and divisive utterances as a way of showing political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}