Nandi County Senator Samson Cherargei has reprimanded the Nation Media Group for their headline on the Sunday Nation issue of March 16 accusing the media house of misquoting former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Taking to social media on Sunday morning, Cherargei claimed that the headline— Raila: I saved Ruto from military coup— was misleading and disparaging to both Odinga and the Kenyan military
“Nation media either is becoming sensational or they are misquoting PM Rt. Odinga on the issue of a military coup against H.E. Ruto government,” Cherargei stated.
“PM Odinga must demand an apology or sue them for this non-objective/sensational reporting through brown envelope journalism. The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is the most disciplined, and non-partisan and doesn’t do politics; dragging them to such serious accusations is malicious, uncouth, barbaric, and primitive just for political expedience.”
Odinga’s quote purporting to have saved President William Ruto during a military coup stemmed from an exclusive interview with the local daily and referred to the events during the June 2024 Gen Z protests.
According to Odinga, he warned the President against sending military reinforcements to help police officers quell the protests that had escalated to invading the Parliament.
Raila alleged that calling in the military would have resulted in a forceful handover of power or a military coup.
“Ruto can be removed through the ballot but once soldiers get out of the barracks, they never go back,” he told NMG.
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