{"id":5700,"date":"2026-09-02T15:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5700"},"modified":"2026-09-02T15:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:15:48","slug":"police-move-to-block-dcp-rally-tension-rises-in-nairobi-cbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5700","title":{"rendered":"POLICE MOVE TO BLOCK DCP RALLY\u2014 TENSION RISES IN NAIROBI CBD"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><em>By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor\u00a0<\/em><\/pre>\n<p>Tension has been reported in Nairobi CBD as a heavy police presence was witnessed during a rally by the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361917010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5701\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361917010-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361917010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361917010-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361917010-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361917010.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DCP Secretary-General <strong>John Methu<\/strong> claimed that the deployment was linked to an alleged intention by police to stop the party\u2019s rally.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy security presence has sparked questions over whether authorities intend to disrupt the political gathering, with party officials expressing concern over what they described as possible interference with their activities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361905018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5702\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361905018-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361905018-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361905018-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361905018-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361905018-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FB_IMG_1788361905018.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The situation comes amid heightened political activity ahead of the 2027 General Election, placing renewed focus on the balance between public order and the right to peaceful political assembly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor\u00a0 Tension has been reported in Nairobi CBD as a heavy police presence was witnessed during a rally by the Democracy&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5700","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=5700"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5704,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5700\/revisions\/5704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}