{"id":5172,"date":"2026-08-09T08:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5172"},"modified":"2026-08-09T08:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:33:16","slug":"gachagua-munya-end-the-cold-war-is-the-mountain-finally-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5172","title":{"rendered":"GACHAGUA &#038; MUNYA END THE COLD WAR: IS THE MOUNTAIN FINALLY UNITED"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>GACHAGUA &amp; MUNYA END THE COLD WAR: IS THE MOUNTAIN FINALLY UNITED<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<pre>By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1786263184159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5173\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1786263184159-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1786263184159-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1786263184159-1024x936.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1786263184159-768x702.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1786263184159-1536x1404.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_IMG_1786263184159.jpg 2032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and former Cabinet Minister Peter Munya have reportedly met, signalling a possible thaw in relations after a period of political differences.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting has sparked fresh debate within opposition circles, with the two leaders seen engaging cordially and appearing determined to put past disagreements behind them.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes amid growing calls for unity among leaders from the Mountain region as Kenya\u2019s political landscape continues to take shape.<\/p>\n<p>The apparent rapprochement is being viewed by political observers as an attempt to prevent internal divisions from weakening the opposition and to create a broader platform capable of working together ahead of the next political battle.<\/p>\n<p>The message from the encounter is clear: political differences need not permanently divide the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GACHAGUA &amp; MUNYA END THE COLD WAR: IS THE MOUNTAIN FINALLY UNITED By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and former Cabinet&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-arena","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5175,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5172\/revisions\/5175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}