{"id":1263,"date":"2024-10-08T15:21:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2024-10-08T15:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:22:02","slug":"winnie-odinga-faces-backlash-over-cryptic-tweets-targeting-dp-gachaguas-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/winnie-odinga-faces-backlash-over-cryptic-tweets-targeting-dp-gachaguas-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnie Odinga Faces Backlash Over Cryptic Tweets Targeting DP Gachagua&#8217;s Address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nairobi, Kenya, October 8- Winnie Odinga, Raila Odinga\u2019s daughter, came under fire on social media after posting cryptic tweets during Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s televised briefing on Monday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winnie, who had been inactive on X (formerly Twitter) since August, returned to criticize Gachagua\u2019s lengthy comments about his family business and wealth. At 8:09 pm, she tweeted, \u201cThis is the longest e-citizen BRS list ever!\u201d\u2014with &#8220;BRS&#8221; potentially mocking the content of the DP\u2019s address. Later, she added, \u201cWhere is a national blackout when you need it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her comments quickly drew sharp criticism, with users accusing her of insensitivity. One said, \u201cIs this what you would do if your father was president? Shut down power nationwide?&#8221; Another warned of the dangers of blackouts, especially for ICU patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tweets sparked debate, with many calling her remarks inappropriate and thoughtless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi, Kenya, October 8- Winnie Odinga, Raila Odinga\u2019s daughter, came under fire on social media after posting cryptic tweets during Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua\u2019s televised briefing on Monday evening. Winnie, who had been inactive on X (formerly Twitter) since August, returned to criticize Gachagua\u2019s lengthy comments about his family business and wealth. At 8:09 pm, she tweeted, \u201cThis is the longest e-citizen BRS list ever!\u201d\u2014with &#8220;BRS&#8221; potentially mocking the content of the DP\u2019s address. Later, she added, \u201cWhere is a national blackout when you need it?\u201d Her comments quickly drew sharp criticism, with users accusing her of insensitivity. One said, \u201cIs this what you would do if your father was president? Shut down power nationwide?&#8221; Another warned of the dangers of blackouts, especially for ICU patients. The tweets sparked debate, with many calling her remarks inappropriate and thoughtless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}