{"id":639,"date":"2026-10-16T01:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=639"},"modified":"2026-10-16T01:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:35:48","slug":"thousands-throng-bondo-to-honour-railas-first-death-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"Thousands throng Bondo to honour Raila&#8217;s first death anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f14754de-6295-49ef-8cd5-761a183d9a02_Raila-Odinga-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f14754de-6295-49ef-8cd5-761a183d9a02_Raila-Odinga-og_image.webp 932w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f14754de-6295-49ef-8cd5-761a183d9a02_Raila-Odinga-og_image-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/f14754de-6295-49ef-8cd5-761a183d9a02_Raila-Odinga-og_image-768x519.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of Kenyans who supported and admired the late Kenya&#8217;s political premier Raila Odinga continue to stream in at Migwena grounds in Bondo, Siaya County, to honour his first death anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many arrived at the venue as early as 6 am, with song and dance celebrating the former Prime Minister, as police officers remained on standby to usher the crowd into their designated areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Odinga&#8217;s family urged attendees to remain apolitical throughout the celebration, asserting that the political don was an astute pan-Africanist and encouraged unity among political parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of Kenyans who supported and admired the late Kenya&#8217;s political premier Raila Odinga continue&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}