{"id":61364,"date":"2024-07-04T08:03:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T08:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/raila-calls-for-action-to-stop-infiltration-of-gen-z-protests-by-goons-terrorizing-demonstrators\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T08:03:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T08:03:31","slug":"raila-calls-for-action-to-stop-infiltration-of-gen-z-protests-by-goons-terrorizing-demonstrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/raila-calls-for-action-to-stop-infiltration-of-gen-z-protests-by-goons-terrorizing-demonstrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Raila calls for action to stop infiltration of Gen Z protests by goons terrorizing demonstrators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 4  \u2013 Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga has emphasised the need for action to be taken against the infiltration of Gen Z protests by goons. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Odinga, the goons terrorized demonstrators and he termed it as a betrayal of the youth.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhat started as an expression of disaffection with the government by young Kenyans through peaceful protests and presentation of petitions to authorities degenerated into chaos and mayhem yesterday,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Odinga highlighted that individuals who were not part of the original Gen Z protesters hijacked the movement, leading to looting, attacks on innocent citizens, and destruction of critical infrastructure. <\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned reports of innocent women being harassed and raped during the protests.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the actions of these criminals posing as protestors were vastly different from the peaceful demonstrations led by the Gen Zs. <\/p>\n<p>He further condemned both police brutality against peaceful protestors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI extend deep sympathy to the families who\u2019ve suffered at the hands of looters posing as Gen Z protestors, innocent people who\u2019ve seen their business premises broken into, their products looted,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>He underscored that the original purpose of the protests was to address injustices in the country peacefully and educate others on the effectiveness of civil protests. <\/p>\n<p>He described the hijacking of the movement by criminals as a double betrayal of the youth and called for an end to their disruptive actions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 4 \u2013 Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga has emphasised the need for action to be taken against the infiltration of Gen Z protests by goons. According to Odinga, the goons terrorized demonstrators and he termed it as a betrayal of the youth. \u201cWhat started as an expression of disaffection [&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-61364","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\/61364","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=61364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}