{"id":914584,"date":"2022-01-08T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/08\/senator-linturi-explains-his-ruto-rally-madoadoa-remark\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T15:35:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:35:47","slug":"senator-linturi-explains-his-ruto-rally-madoadoa-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/08\/senator-linturi-explains-his-ruto-rally-madoadoa-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Linturi explains his Ruto rally \u2018madoadoa\u2019 remark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pyrwne8ixu0k0cp1zw61d9abe548554.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>Meru Senator Mithika Linturi.<\/strong> [Samson Wire, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Utterances by Meru Senator Mithika Linturi at a rally led by Deputy President William Ruto in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County today have rattled have caused a storm.\n<\/p>\n<p>The senator is captured on camera asking Eldoret residents to remove \u201cmadoadoa\u201d who do not support Ruto. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNawaomba kwamba madoadoa mliyo nayo hapa muweze kuondoa. [I urge you to do away with madodoa in your midst,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Madoadoa<\/em> is a very emotive term in Kenyan politics. It evokes memories of past episodes of pre and post-election ethnic violence where certain communities were attacked for not supporting a candidate from the larger host community.<\/p>\n<p>In Kiswahili, madoadoa means spots.\n<\/p>\n<p>But, Linturi would later clarify his statement to The Standard on phone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am just saying if we are supporting him [Ruto] from Meru and the Mt Kenya region, then the likes of MPs Kutuny, Kamar, and Mishra should not be re-elected,\u201d Linturi told a Standard Editor. <\/p>\n<p>A section of politicians has since condemned Linturi\u2019s utterances terming them regrettable.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUtterances attributed to Senator Mithika Linturi in Eldoret are a serious assault to the peace and harmony to communities in Rift Valley. To profile persons on the basis of political or ethnic orientation is regrettable,\u201d Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui tweeted.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We condemn the reckless talk &amp; call for prosecution of the Senator. We may have our political differences but peaceful coexistence is key for all. The right to live, work or invest in any part of the country is not a favour from politicians, but a Constitutional right.<br \/>\n\u2014 H.E Lee Kinyanjui (@GovLeeKinyanjui) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovLeeKinyanjui\/status\/1479814057859428355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"mx-auto col-12 row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-12 row  p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-9 text-left\">\n<h5 class=\"politic-cat\">\n<b>Monitor water pumps remotely via your phone <\/b><br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Tracking and monitoring motor vehicles is not new to Kenyans. Competition to install affordable tracking devices is fierce but essential for fleet managers who receive reports online and track vehicles from the comfort of their desk.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/politics\/article\/2001433820\/linturi-explains-his-ruto-rally-madoadoa-remark\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meru Senator Mithika Linturi. [Samson Wire, Standard] Utterances by Meru Senator Mithika Linturi at a rally led by Deputy President William Ruto in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County today have rattled have caused a storm. The senator is captured on camera asking Eldoret residents to remove \u201cmadoadoa\u201d who do not support Ruto. \u201cNawaomba kwamba madoadoa mliyo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}