{"id":125424,"date":"2025-11-27T06:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/muturi-votes-in-mbeere-north-assures-no-goons-at-polling-stations\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T06:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T06:13:52","slug":"muturi-votes-in-mbeere-north-assures-no-goons-at-polling-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/muturi-votes-in-mbeere-north-assures-no-goons-at-polling-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Muturi Votes in Mbeere North, Assures No Goons at Polling Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MBEERE NORTH, Kenya, Nov 27 \u2014 Former Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi cast his vote Thursday morning in the ongoing by-election, assuring voters and the media that the process was peaceful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at his polling station, Muturi dismissed concerns about political intimidation, saying, \u201cNo goons here, voting is proceeding peacefully and orderly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have this morning cast my vote at Kanyuambora Primary School, and I can confirm that the process is smooth, calm and moving efficiently. Even with the heavy police presence meant to instill fear and discourage participation the people of Mbeere remain unmoved,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He urged voters to step out boldly and exercise their democratic right. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome out in large numbers, vote, and make your voice the loudest statement today. There is nothing to fear. The process is working, the will of the people is alive, and our determination is stronger than any attempt to suppress it,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCast your vote for a leader who stands with the people Hon. Newton Kariuki Ndwiga. Let us deliver the mandate, then proceed with our daily work as we await the tally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mbeere North by-election has been conducted under heightened security, with police deployed to polling stations to maintain order and prevent disruptions. <\/p>\n<p>Election officials confirmed that voting started smoothly and that turnout was steady in the morning hours.<\/p>\n<p>Muturi encouraged residents to exercise their democratic rights without fear and urged all candidates and supporters to respect the law.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBEERE NORTH, Kenya, Nov 27 \u2014 Former Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi cast his vote Thursday morning in the ongoing by-election, assuring voters and the media that the process was peaceful. Speaking at his polling station, Muturi dismissed concerns about political intimidation, saying, \u201cNo goons here, voting is proceeding peacefully and orderly.\u201d \u201cI [&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-125424","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\/125424","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=125424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}