{"id":15596,"date":"2023-07-18T12:56:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=15596"},"modified":"2023-07-18T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:58:24","slug":"ambassodors-and-high-commissioners-call-for-truce-between-ruto-and-raila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=15596","title":{"rendered":"Ambassodors and High commissioners call for truce between Ruto and Raila."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ambassadors and High Commissioners in Kenya have expressed concern over violence and the destruction of property witnessed during the recent anti-government demonstrations called by the opposition.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a joint statement issued Tuesday, envoys of 13 countries; Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States, called for dialogue between President William Ruto\u2019s administration and the Raila Odinga-led opposition to resolve their differences peacefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joint statement by Heads of Missions on Demonstrations in Kenya. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1MjoAZGQ7q\">pic.twitter.com\/1MjoAZGQ7q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; U.S. Embassy Nairobi (@USEmbassyKenya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassyKenya\/status\/1681234017847242753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<strong><em>We are saddened by the loss of life and concerned by high levels of violence, including the use of live rounds and the destruction of property, during the recent demonstrations,\u201d reads the statement<\/em><\/strong>.<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe recognise the daily hardship faced by many Kenyans and urge all parties to table their concerns through a meaningful dialogue and resolve their differences peacefully to build the nation together, ensuring no further loss of life.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The envoys expressed readiness to mediate the government and the opposition, noting, \u201cWe stand ready to support the parties in their efforts to find constructive and peaceful solutions.\u201d<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American ambassador to Kenya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15600,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15596\/revisions\/15600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}