{"id":17670,"date":"2025-07-05T09:33:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=17670"},"modified":"2025-07-05T09:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:41:25","slug":"kalonzo-calls-out-wetangula-over-bungoma-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=17670","title":{"rendered":"Kalonzo Calls Out Wetang\u2019ula Over Bungoma Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has strongly condemned what he termed as <strong>state-sponsored violence<\/strong> during the United Opposition\u2019s rally in Chwele, Bungoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cWhat we witnessed in Chwele were the dying embers of primitive politics in Kenya,\u201d<\/em> Kalonzo stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/inbound1421990451601445616-1024x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/inbound1421990451601445616-1024x438.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/inbound1421990451601445616-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/inbound1421990451601445616-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/inbound1421990451601445616.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He directly addressed National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang\u2019ula, saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cMr. Speaker @HonWetangula, hear the voices of Chwele, Western, and Kenya at large: The United Opposition will not be intimidated by your #WanTam-sanctioned stone-throwing goons. Not now, not today, not ever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Kalonzo accused security forces of providing cover for hired goons, claiming:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cState-sponsored thugs throwing stones and even firing live bullets under the protection of riot police did not deter our March to Kitale.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>From Butula to Bungoma, Kimilili to Kiminini, and on to Kitale, Kalonzo says the message is resounding and united \u2014 echoing calls from across the country:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>#WanTam!<\/strong><br><strong>#RutoMustGo!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Western Kenya tour, he emphasized, has affirmed growing national discontent with the current regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has strongly condemned what he termed as state-sponsored violence during the United Opposition\u2019s rally in Chwele, Bungoma. \u201cWhat we witnessed in Chwele were the dying embers of primitive politics in Kenya,\u201d Kalonzo stated. He directly addressed National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang\u2019ula, saying: \u201cMr. Speaker @HonWetangula, hear the voices of Chwele, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17670","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\/17670","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17670"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17676,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17670\/revisions\/17676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}