{"id":920745,"date":"2022-01-30T08:42:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T08:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/30\/dont-incite-residents-against-uhuru-mt-kenya-leaders-says-iria\/"},"modified":"2022-01-30T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T08:42:09","slug":"dont-incite-residents-against-uhuru-mt-kenya-leaders-says-iria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/30\/dont-incite-residents-against-uhuru-mt-kenya-leaders-says-iria\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t incite residents against Uhuru, Mt Kenya leaders, says Iria"},"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\/nsbordivo2udwfuhgn61f64ace25261.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>Governor Mwangi wa Iria (right) during the launch of Wachuuzi Sacco at Mumbi Grounds in Murang&#8217;a on January 27, 2022.<\/strong> [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Murang\u2019a Governor Mwangi wa Iria has warned leaders against disrespecting President Uhuru Kenyatta and fellow Mt Kenya politicians.\n<\/p>\n<p>He spoke at Mumbi Grounds in Murang\u2019a town on Thursday at the launch of a Sh1 billion Wachuuzi Sacco loan package for small-scale traders and farmers. The governor said all leaders and presidential aspirants deserve respect. <\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">The governor told off leaders disrespecting the President. \u201cGive the President the respect he deserves as the head of state and stop mudslinging during campaign rallies. Uhuru\u2019s administration has built roads across the country and revived the railway lines,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Iria, who is eyeing the presidency through his Usawa Kwa Wote party, said it is hypocritical\u00a0for some politicians to\u00a0incite\u00a0Mt Kenya\u00a0residents\u00a0against President Uhuru and other leaders from the region.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_Ct03f6El6U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Murang&#039;a Governor Mwangi wa Iria threatens journalists\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Ct03f6El6U?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>\u201cThe narrative of insults propagated by the politicians is meant\u00a0to ridicule and demean the Gema community, which has eight million votes, enough to push someone to victory in the race to State House,\u201d said Iria.\n<\/p>\n<p>He said if elected, he will be at the forefront to unite and protect the Mt Kenya people. Iria said he will not allow other leaders to turn the region into a political battlefield for personal interest. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther presidential candidates like Raila Odinga (ODM) and Deputy President William Ruto (UDA) have marked their territories in their home turf. We shall also do the same with the Mt Kenya region,\u201d the governor said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said all candidates are welcome to the Mt Kenya region to sell their agenda but not play divisive politics.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have officially started my campaigns and will go all over the country to sell my agenda,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Iria added that he was the Mt Kenya candidate with blessings from the region. He cautioned voters against being lied to that there was no preferred candidate from the region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsawa Kwa Wote party and other parties from the region will work with like-minded leaders who have Kenyans\u2019 interests at heart and not personal ambition. I will be walking this journey with those who are willing,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"justify-content-start\">\n<button class=\"tags-btn mr-4 mb-3 load-more\"><br \/>\nMwangi wa Iria<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"tags-btn mr-4 mb-3 load-more\"><br \/>\nPresident Uhuru Kenyatta<br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001435965\/don-t-incite-residents-against-uhuru-mt-kenya-leaders-says-iria\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Mwangi wa Iria (right) during the launch of Wachuuzi Sacco at Mumbi Grounds in Murang&#8217;a on January 27, 2022. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] Murang\u2019a Governor Mwangi wa Iria has warned leaders against disrespecting President Uhuru Kenyatta and fellow Mt Kenya politicians. He spoke at Mumbi Grounds in Murang\u2019a town on Thursday at the launch of [&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-920745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920745","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=920745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}