{"id":23227,"date":"2021-02-26T22:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T22:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=23227"},"modified":"2021-02-26T22:15:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T22:15:27","slug":"mps-arati-osoro-reach-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/mps-arati-osoro-reach-truce","title":{"rendered":"MPs Arati, Osoro reach truce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Political antagonists and lawmakers Simba Arati (Dagoretti North) and Silvanus Osoro (South Mugirango) have reached a truce after weeks of disputing.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders met Friday morning in Kisii South while attending the burial of their departed colleague, Bonchari MP John Oroo Oyioka.<\/p>\n<p>Arati who stood to address mourners after Osoro\u00a0spoke\u00a0said it was time to apologise publicly and forge a working formula with his other colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>He called Osoro to the podium amid cheers and jubilations from the crowd. They hugged as the presiding Priest Fr Lawrence Nyaanga thanked them for agreeing to forgive one another.<\/p>\n<p>Arati said he had decided to take a bold move. &#8220;We can disagree politically but that doesn&#8217;t mean we engage in war. This marks a new beginning; let us embrace peace and work together for the sake of our people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other Gusii leaders joined the two at the podium to congratulate them.<\/p>\n<p>Arati and Osoro\u00a0exchanged blows\u00a0on February 1 while attending the burial of Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi&#8217;s father Abel Gongera at Tendere grounds in Kisii County.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga were in attendance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Political antagonists and lawmakers Simba Arati (Dagoretti North) and Silvanus Osoro (South Mugirango) have reached a truce after weeks of disputing. The two leaders met Friday morning in Kisii South while attending the burial of their departed colleague, Bonchari MP John Oroo Oyioka. 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