{"id":218657,"date":"2024-06-21T04:14:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T01:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/?p=218657"},"modified":"2024-06-21T04:15:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T01:15:01","slug":"eric-omondi-reacts-to-ongoing-protests-against-controversial-finance-bill-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/eric-omondi-reacts-to-ongoing-protests-against-controversial-finance-bill-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Omondi reacts to ongoing protests against controversial Finance Bill 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Omondi, a prominent critic of the Finance Bill 2024, has been noticeably absent from the ongoing protests against it due to a personal tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Omondi, who has been a vocal opponent of the bill, is currently mourning the untimely death of his younger brother, Fred Omondi. Fred lost his life in a motorcycle accident involving a speeding matatu. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at Mama Lucy Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>CHECK OUT:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mGMvstNcbV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/eric-omondi-speaks-out-on-the-tragic-death-of-his-younger-brother-fred-omondi\/\">Eric Omondi Speaks Out on the Tragic Death of His Younger Brother, Fred Omondi<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Eric Omondi Speaks Out on the Tragic Death of His Younger Brother, Fred Omondi&#8221; &#8212; Ghafla! Kenya\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/eric-omondi-speaks-out-on-the-tragic-death-of-his-younger-brother-fred-omondi\/embed\/#?secret=0uJM5NlCd2#?secret=mGMvstNcbV\" data-secret=\"mGMvstNcbV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In light of this tragedy, Eric Omondi has been preoccupied with funeral arrangements for his brother, which explains his absence from the protests.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his personal loss, on June 20, Eric Omondi shared a message of solidarity with the protesters. In a brief post, he wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tuko Pamoja. Go Soldiers. Wacha nimalize nikam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans have responded with support, assuring him that they will continue the fight against the Finance Bill on his behalf. Omondi has been a significant figure in mobilizing opposition to the bill, even being arrested two weeks ago for leading protests with market vendors.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO CHECK OUT:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qRXv37q9ry\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/eric-omondi-arrested-for-demonstrating-against-financial-bill\/\">Eric Omondi Arrested For Demonstrating Against Financial Bill<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Eric Omondi Arrested For Demonstrating Against Financial Bill&#8221; &#8212; Ghafla! Kenya\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/eric-omondi-arrested-for-demonstrating-against-financial-bill\/embed\/#?secret=F5rSWDTxjb#?secret=qRXv37q9ry\" data-secret=\"qRXv37q9ry\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now, it appears that the younger generation, Gen Z, has taken up the mantle, demanding the changes they believe Kenya deserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Omondi, a prominent critic of the Finance Bill 2024, has been noticeably absent from the ongoing protests against it due to a personal tragedy. Omondi, who has been a vocal opponent of the bill, is currently mourning the untimely death of his younger brother, Fred Omondi. Fred lost his life in a motorcycle accident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6069,"featured_media":218658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138280,310],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-218657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-entertainment","tag-eric-omondi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218657","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\/6069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218659,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218657\/revisions\/218659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}