{"id":919302,"date":"2022-01-24T22:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T22:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/bribery-empty-promises-fuelling-chaos-in-rallies\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T22:13:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T22:13:05","slug":"bribery-empty-promises-fuelling-chaos-in-rallies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/24\/bribery-empty-promises-fuelling-chaos-in-rallies\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bribery, empty promises fuelling chaos in rallies&#8217;"},"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\/idmpuxuls4en18cf61eecb794d65d.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>Interior CS Fred Matiang&#8217;i.<\/strong> [David Njaaga, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Ferrying youth from one region to another and bribery by politicians are the main causes of chaos in political rallies, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i has said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Nairobi, yesterday, Dr Matiang\u2019i said his ministry would deploy more police officers across the country during the campaign period. <\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"iYsi6AZnoSg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matiang&#039;i adai kuwa vurugu katika mikutano ya Ruto imechangiwa na ahadi za uongo zinazotolewa\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iYsi6AZnoSg?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>The CS said intelligence has indicated that chaos is sparked by \u201cendemic false promises\u201d and handouts which sow discord among the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is frustrating is the behaviour of some of our politicians. We have not received any complaints about <em>wananchi<\/em> ganging up until of course they are mobilised and bribed and told things that never come to pass and then conflicts begin to spiral in that kind of manner,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Matiang\u2019i further called out UDA politicians for accusing police of intentionally targeting its members and failing to take action.\n<\/p>\n<p>During a rally at Jacaranda grounds in Embakasi East, Nairobi, UDA accused police of being complicit in the chaos together with ODM. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are claims that have been made recently by one political group listing incidents where they claim they have been violated. We don\u2019t have a single report in any of our police stations,\u201d said Matiang\u2019i.\n<\/p>\n<p>The CS said most of the police deployed to the rally were there to ensure security is maintained.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics and common sense are not mutually exclusive. How can police plan violence against the state? Those who are complaining are members of the Security Council and are guarded by police,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Matiang\u2019i also asked politicians to respect public servants and cease the verbal attacks.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttacking public officers who do not have a platform to defend themselves is both immoral, irresponsible and reckless on the part of political leaders,\u201d he said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/politics\/article\/2001435428\/bribery-empty-promises-fuelling-chaos-in-rallies\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interior CS Fred Matiang&#8217;i. [David Njaaga, Standard] Ferrying youth from one region to another and bribery by politicians are the main causes of chaos in political rallies, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang\u2019i has said. Speaking at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, Nairobi, yesterday, Dr Matiang\u2019i said his ministry would deploy more police officers across [&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-919302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919302","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=919302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}