{"id":3172,"date":"2024-10-04T09:47:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T09:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/?p=3172"},"modified":"2024-10-04T09:47:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T09:47:57","slug":"tensions-rise-in-eldoret-as-groups-clash-over-gachagua-impeachment-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/10\/04\/tensions-rise-in-eldoret-as-groups-clash-over-gachagua-impeachment-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Tensions Rise in Eldoret as Groups Clash Over Gachagua Impeachment Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tension erupted in Eldoret City after two groups, one opposing Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua&#8217;s impeachment motion and another in support, clashed at a public participation event.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of anti-riot police were deployed in and out of the Uasin Gishu County Hall where the public participation took place.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the residents signed the public participation forms but only a few of them were able to speak at the forum.<\/p>\n<p>This is after youth supporting the ouster of Gachagua stormed the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Police intervened and moved out a section of the youth who were causing chaos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com\/image\/2024\/10\/Screenshot%202024-10-04%20110931.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the residents who signed the petition in support of the impeachment said residents of the region were not interested in tribalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not be dragged into problems of an individual who is so interested in personal gains,\u201d said Ngetich.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders in the region including Governor for Uasin Gishu Jonathan Bii kept off the tension-sparked forum.<\/p>\n<p>Another resident Jane Kimeli said she was opposed to the impeachment because President Ruto and the DP were elected together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf its impeachment then they have to go together,\u201d said Kimeli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tension erupted in Eldoret City after two groups, one opposing Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua&#8217;s impeachment motion and another in support,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trends"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ruto-Gichagua-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3173,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172\/revisions\/3173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsroomhub.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}