{"id":915173,"date":"2022-01-11T06:32:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T06:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/wamalwa-warns-leaders-against-dividing-kenyans\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T06:32:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T06:32:13","slug":"wamalwa-warns-leaders-against-dividing-kenyans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/wamalwa-warns-leaders-against-dividing-kenyans\/","title":{"rendered":"Wamalwa warns leaders against dividing Kenyans"},"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\/cryrodsxa0clw061dd10adcb941.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>Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati, Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko and Defense CS Eugene Wamalwa enjoy a jig at Sipala Secondary School in Webuye East on January 5, 2022.<\/strong> [Nathan Ochunge, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Defence CS Eugene Wamalwa has urged politicians to shun hate speech.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Malava in Kakamega North on Sunday, the CS condemned utterances by Meru Senator Mithika Linturi during a rally organised by Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in Eldoret on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Wamalwa, the senator\u2019s utterances reminded Kenyans of post-election violence in 2008.\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"aLJeWau5Hd0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eugene Wamalwa&#039;s speech during the Bukhungu II convention in Kakamega\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aLJeWau5Hd0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Wamalwa spoke\u00a0at a Malava hotel as he received defectors from different parties to the Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP -K). \u201cAs correctly put by the late president Daniel Moi, \u2018<em>siasa mbaya maisha mbaya<\/em>\u2019. Leaders should desist from incitement and divisive politics but preach peaceful coexistence wherever they are.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The CS added: \u201cSuch utterances must be discouraged and action taken against individuals sowing seeds of discord because we remember reckless utterances caused violence, loss of lives and displacement.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Wamalwa commended police for arresting Linturi.\u00a0\u201cThis serves as a lesson to leaders who don\u2019t think before they speak. We are moving around counties preaching peace and unity. There should be no room for reckless talk and divisive politics,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>He cautioned Kenyans against following politicians giving handouts, yet they are out to divide the electorate along tribal lines. \u201cWe have embarked on the journey of national unity and building one indivisible nation that will speak for one nation, one people and one Kenya,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>He drummed up support for ODM leader Raila Odinga\u2019s Azimio la Umoja movement, which he said would unite the country. According to Wamalwa, DAP-K entered will work with Azimio la Umoja to empower Kenyans.\u00a0\u201cWe must ask ourselves in whose hands we are safe. Azimio is the way to go because our former Prime Minister fought for devolution and we can only liken him to Mandela,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Wamalwa said Raila would prioritise devolution, BBI and expansion of constituencies. \u201cKakamega and Bungoma are among the five big counties in Kenya and would require more constituencies.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>He urged ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi to make his political stand known to avoid misleading the community and the people of Western.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001434049\/wamalwa-warns-leaders-against-dividing-kenyans\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati, Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko and Defense CS Eugene Wamalwa enjoy a jig at Sipala Secondary School in Webuye East on January 5, 2022. [Nathan Ochunge, Standard] Defence CS Eugene Wamalwa has urged politicians to shun hate speech. Speaking at Malava in Kakamega North on Sunday, the CS condemned utterances by [&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-915173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915173","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=915173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}