{"id":15815,"date":"2024-07-18T12:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T12:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15815"},"modified":"2024-07-18T12:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T12:06:24","slug":"raila-odinga-apologizes-for-attack-on-media-and-coalition-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15815","title":{"rendered":"Raila Odinga Apologizes for Attack on Media and Coalition Leaders."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-19.02.51-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-19.02.51-og_image.webp 841w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-19.02.51-og_image-480x360.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 841px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga has issued a formal apology following an attack on journalists and coalition leaders during an event he presided over at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation (JOOF) offices. In a statement released on Thursday, July 18, Odinga condemned the incident and expressed regret over the disruption that occurred after he had departed from the venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Raila Odinga regrets the events of yesterday and takes this opportunity to offer unreserved apologies to the journalists and fellow leaders who were caught up in the unfortunate incident,&#8221; read a statement from his spokesperson, Dennis Onyango.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disturbance occurred on Wednesday when a group of over 30 youths disrupted proceedings at the Azimio meeting, interrupting a speech by Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka. Video footage captured the chaotic scene, where journalists covering the event were also affected by the disturbance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odinga assured the media and coalition partners that the incident would be thoroughly reviewed and security measures would be enhanced to prevent such occurrences in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga has issued a formal apology following an attack on journalists and coalition leaders during an event he presided over at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation (JOOF) offices. In a statement released on Thursday, July 18, Odinga condemned the incident and expressed regret over the disruption that occurred after he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15816,"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":[13,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","category-political-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-19.02.51-og_image.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815","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=15815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15817,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815\/revisions\/15817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}