{"id":99721,"date":"2024-10-19T10:03:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T10:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/10\/19\/uhuru-gardens-records-minimal-activity-despite-kurias-dp-inauguration-fuss\/"},"modified":"2024-10-19T10:03:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T10:03:13","slug":"uhuru-gardens-records-minimal-activity-despite-kurias-dp-inauguration-fuss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/uhuru-gardens-records-minimal-activity-despite-kurias-dp-inauguration-fuss\/","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru Gardens records minimal activity despite Kuria\u2019s DP inauguration fuss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 19<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 Minimal activity has been reported at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi despite reports of a planned swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as Deputy President.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Moses Kuria, a Presidential Advisor, shared a video on social media claiming to be inspecting preparations for Kindiki\u2019s inauguration, which he argued would begin at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>However, a spot check revealed that grounds staff and technicians were setting up giant screens, a performance stage, and speakers in preparation for a music concert called the Malaika Musical Fest \u2013 Nairobi Edition.<\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in ceremony has been shrouded in uncertainty after Justice Chacha Mwita granted Gachagua\u2019s plea to pause his replacement until October 24, when the case will be mentioned before a bench appointed by Chief Justice Martha Koome.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mwita stated that he had referred the case to Chief Justice Koome to form a bench to address the significant constitutional issues raised by Gachagua in an application filed by Senior Counsel Paul Muite.<\/p>\n<p>A Kerugoya court issued similar orders reffering the matter to the Chief Justice.<\/p>\n<p>In his post, Kuria asserted that the event would proceed to prevent a constitutional crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the sake of our nation and families, we will swear in Kithure Kindiki as President-in-waiting. Courts can deposit their ruling in the pigeonholes,\u201d Kuria stated.<\/p>\n<p>The National Assembly approved Kindiki\u2019s nomination on Friday, with 236 MPs voting unanimoulsy in favor of the appointment, despite a minor technical glitch that necessitated the cancellation of electronic voting.<\/p>\n<p>The former Deputy President remains hospitalized at Karen Hospital where he reported on Thursday with \u201cintense chest pains\u201d after failing to show up in Senate for his cross-examination.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Susan Simolo<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 19 \u2013 Minimal activity has been reported at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi despite reports of a planned swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as Deputy President. On Friday, Moses Kuria, a Presidential Advisor, shared a video on social media claiming to be inspecting preparations for Kindiki\u2019s inauguration, which he argued would begin at 9 [&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-99721","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\/99721","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=99721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}