{"id":140381,"date":"2020-07-10T13:54:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=140381"},"modified":"2020-07-10T14:05:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T11:05:19","slug":"starehe-mp-charles-jaguar-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/starehe-mp-charles-jaguar-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Starehe MP Charles \u2018Jaguar\u2019 released!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks after his arrest, Starehe Member of Parliament Charles Njagua Kanyi is now a free man.<\/p>\n<p>This is after being taken into custody on Monday, June 29 for allegedly inciting youths to forcibly occupy stalls at Mwariro market in Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>An arrest her termed &#8220;unclear&#8221; but declared nothing was going to stop him from fighting for the rights of his constituents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33132\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Jaguar-in-church.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Jaguar-in-church.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Jaguar-in-church.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Jaguar-in-church-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Jaguar-in-church-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starehe MP, Jaguar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, Friday, July 10, the politician walked free after the courts dismissed charges leveled against him which it declared &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/starehe-mp-charles-jaguar-speaks-following-his-arrest-screenshot\/\"> Starehe MP Charles \u2018Jaguar\u2019 Kanyi arrested!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To this fact, the MP expressed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today is a great day for Starehe. My defense of Starehe&#8217;s traders continues. Trade is the principal economic activity in Starehe. We have to protect our traders from unfair foreign competition<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140385\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Ecjm93AXgAIXxd-.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-140385 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Ecjm93AXgAIXxd-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Ecjm93AXgAIXxd-.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Ecjm93AXgAIXxd--225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Ecjm93AXgAIXxd--768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starehe MP, Charles Njagua talking to the press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Further reiterating his earlier statements that had drawn a rift between Kenya and Tanzania traders articulating:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The influx of traders from Tanzania and China at the expense of local business people is alarming. We have to think of Kenyans earning a living in Gikomba &amp; other markets. Their interests ought to come first. We cannot allow foreigners to edge out our traders in our marketplaces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140389\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-10-at-13.45.57.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-140389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-10-at-13.45.57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-10-at-13.45.57.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-10-at-13.45.57-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hon. Jaguar&#8217;s tweet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The youthful parliamentarian coulf not understand how his constituency, Starehe, was hosting some of the largest markets in Kenya inclusive of Gikomba, Muthurwa and Kariokor and it&#8217;s very own locals were denied the freedom to earn a living from the markets. All because of foreign traders.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have to defend my constituents. I am their MP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/babu-owino-is-on-the-spot-but-lets-not-forget-mp-jaguars-fatal-car-accident\/\">Babu Owino is on the spot but let\u2019s not forget MP Jaguar\u2019s fatal car accident<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_140388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140388\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-10-at-13.41.57.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-140388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-10-at-13.41.57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-10-at-13.41.57.png 598w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-10-at-13.41.57-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hon. Jaguar&#8217;s tweet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks after his arrest, Starehe Member of Parliament Charles Njagua Kanyi is now a free man. This is after being taken into custody on Monday, June 29 for allegedly inciting youths to forcibly occupy stalls at Mwariro market in Nairobi. An arrest her termed &#8220;unclear&#8221; but declared nothing was going to stop him from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6063,"featured_media":140391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[131617,131618,20],"class_list":["post-140381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-charles-jaguar-released-news","tag-charles-njagua-kanyi-news","tag-ghafla-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6063"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140394,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140381\/revisions\/140394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}