{"id":9942,"date":"2020-06-21T17:45:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T17:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=9942"},"modified":"2020-06-21T17:45:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T17:45:24","slug":"atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours","title":{"rendered":"Atandi hits out at Wetang\u2019ula over his burial attack rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author:\u00a0MIRERI JUNIOR<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi has dismissed reports doing rounds on social media that he was attacked by mourners during the burial of Luanda MP Chris Omulele\u2019s mother, Sophia Monyo.<\/p>\n

Atandi said the reports are propaganda peddled by supporters of Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang\u2019ula to paint him and ODM unpopular in the area.\u201cI have seen social media reports that I was beaten up and injured at the burial of Hon Omulele’s mother in Luanda by Ford Kenya supporters for telling off Wetang\u2019ula.<\/p>\n

Let it be known to all that Luanda is an ODM zone and Ford K cowards have no say,\u201d Atandi tweeted.Speaking to Standard Digital on Sunday, Atandi\u00a0hits out at Ford Kenya sympathisers for spreading lies on social media that he was attacked and stopped from addressing mourners in Luanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are Ford Kenya propagandists yelling on social media that I was beaten and injured? Who can beat me in Luanda an ODM zone?\u201d the MP posed.The outspoken MP said contrary to reports being peddled, he attended the burial of his colleague\u2019s mother in peace, gave out his speech and left in peace.\u201cI arrive late, but was given a chance to make my speech, which I did amid cheers from mourners before I left,\u201d said Atandi.<\/p>\n

The MP, however, said he met a handful of goons while on his way out of the burial heckling but did not bother to find out why they were complaining.\u201cI met the handful youths at the gate while leaving the burial, they were murmuring as we walked past with my bodyguards, I don\u2019t know why,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told the Standard Digital that youths who had accompanied Wetang\u2019ula to the burial were incensed by remarks made by the ODM MP when he rose to speak.\u201cThey were not happy with some of his remarks made by the MP when he rose to speak hence the heckling at the gate when they saw him leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n

The youths were, however, not part of the mourners and had camped outside the compound waiting for Wetang\u2019ula to leave.Atandi had attacked Wetang\u2019ula for linking ODM leader Raila Odinga to Ford Kenya leadership wrangles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is Wetang\u2019ula whining and blaming our party leader when it is the same Raila who help him to win the Senate seat before making him Senate Minority Leader, let him be a man and stop whining,\u201d the MP said.<\/p>\n

Atandi also accused the Bungoma senator of being used by Deputy President William Ruto to divide the Luhya community.<\/p>\n

He cautioned the Mulembe nation to be wary of leaders being used to divide them, adding that the future of the country cannot be left in the hands of corrupt individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou people must be careful with leaders being bought to divide here, you must stick with other Kenyans,\u201d he said.Mama Monyo, a former had previously served as a councillor in the now-defunct local government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author:\u00a0MIRERI JUNIOR AfricaPress-Kenya: Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi has dismissed reports doing rounds on social media that he was attacked by mourners during the burial of Luanda MP Chris Omulele\u2019s mother, Sophia Monyo. Atandi said the reports are propaganda peddled by supporters of Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang\u2019ula to paint him and ODM unpopular in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[4296,318,4295],"class_list":["post-9942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-luanda-mp","tag-moses-wetangula","tag-sophia-monyo"],"yoast_head":"\nAtandi hits out at Wetang\u2019ula over his burial attack rumours - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi has dismissed reports doing rounds on social media that he was attacked by mourners during the burial of Luanda MP Chris\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atandi hits out at Wetang\u2019ula over his burial attack rumours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi has dismissed reports doing rounds on social media that he was attacked by mourners during the burial of Luanda MP Chris\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-21T17:45:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/06\/odm_mp_blames_wetang5eef16025d4bd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Atandi hits out at Wetang\u2019ula over his burial attack rumours\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-21T17:45:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours\"},\"wordCount\":514,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/06\/odm_mp_blames_wetang5eef16025d4bd.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Luanda MP\",\"Moses Wetang\u2019ula\",\"Sophia Monyo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/atandi-hits-out-at-wetangula-over-his-burial-attack-rumours\",\"name\":\"Atandi hits out at Wetang\u2019ula over his burial attack rumours - 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