{"id":10623,"date":"2023-05-03T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=10623"},"modified":"2023-05-03T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:02:11","slug":"violence-and-arson-in-the-guise-of-protests-must-cease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=10623","title":{"rendered":"VIOLENCE AND ARSON IN THE GUISE OF PROTESTS MUST CEASE."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Kithure Kindiki has issued a press release yesterday, on May 2, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1683100552676-1-845x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10625\" width=\"410\" height=\"496\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The CS calls for an end to violence and arson disguised as political protests in Nairobi City and parts of the Nyanza Region.- Criminals posing as political protesters responding to opposition leaders&#8217; calls to demonstrate have engaged in violent and disorderly conduct, endangering national security.- Several incidents of violence and arson were reported, including the burning of a public service vehicle, the forcible stoppage and burning of a lorry, an attack on a petrol station, and the looting of private properties.- Riotous mobs  also interfered with the flow of traffic and damaged motor vehicles and other public amenities, such as roads.- The National Police Service has determined that the protests pose a clear and imminent danger to the peace and public order, and organizers of protests have failed to assist the police in maintaining peace and order.- The police have been compelled to prevent the demonstrators from unleashing violence and terror on the public, pursuant to Section 5(2), (6), and (10) of the Public Order Act.- The situation poses a grave danger to the rule of law and the stability of the country and must be stopped.- Security agencies have been instructed to enforce the law firmly and decisively, and all criminals, regardless of their political affiliation, must be brought to justice.- 14 suspects  were arrested in connection with the criminal activities in Nairobi, while 32 were arrested in the Nyanza region, and all suspects will be arraigned in court today.- <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Kithure Kindiki has issued a press release yesterday, on May 2, 2023. In summary:- The CS calls for an end to violence and arson disguised as political protests in Nairobi City and parts of the Nyanza Region.- Criminals posing as political protesters responding to opposition leaders&#8217; calls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1683100552676.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10626,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10623\/revisions\/10626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}