{"id":14958,"date":"2024-05-29T17:18:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=14958"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:20:56","slug":"raila-supports-ban-on-muguka-in-coastal-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=14958","title":{"rendered":"Raila Supports Ban of Muguka in Coastal Region."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-2-3.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-2-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on Wednesday supported the decision by three County Governments at the Coast to ban the sale and distribution of muguka in their jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, ODM praised Governors Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir, Gideon Mung&#8217;aro, and Andrew Mwadime for their determined efforts to protect their youth. The opposition party criticized the government for its inconsistent approach to tackling drug abuse, highlighting its lack of seriousness in addressing the muguka issue in the Coastal region compared to its stringent measures against alcohol abuse in Mt. Kenya. &#8220;We note with concern the silence of the so-called champions of a sober country, keen on fighting alcohol abuse in their political backyards but quiet when Muguka ravages the young people of the Coast,&#8221; stated ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/images-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14960\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ODM accused President William Ruto of polarizing the nation and politicizing the fight against drug abuse in Mombasa by attempting to override the decisions of the three county governments. The party also condemned the use of state agencies to harass and intimidate Governor Nassir and other county leaders, who are simply advocating for their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This condemnation follows an incident where unidentified individuals raided the premises of Radio Rahma in Nyali, Mombasa, associated with the Nassir family. The Raila Odinga-led party also pointed out an incident where Mombasa county askaris clashed with drivers transporting the banned substance into the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ruto recently announced that he had engaged county leaders to hold a meeting to resolve the muguka issue after discussions with leaders from Embu county. The ban on the stimulant has received support from several leaders, residents, and the religious community in the Coastal region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on Wednesday supported the decision by three County Governments at the Coast to ban the sale and distribution of muguka in their jurisdictions. In a statement, ODM praised Governors Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir, Gideon Mung&#8217;aro, and Andrew Mwadime for their determined efforts to protect their youth. The opposition party criticized the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14960,"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":[12,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/images-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14958","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14962,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14958\/revisions\/14962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}