{"id":789,"date":"2026-02-10T12:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=789"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:20:48","slug":"i-was-not-sent-by-ruto-jalango-dismisses-claims-over-2027-nairobi-senate-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"I Was Not Sent by Ruto \u2014 Jalang\u2019o Dismisses Claims Over 2027 Nairobi Senate Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"616\" data-id=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1001655663.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1001655663.jpg 498w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1001655663-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Lang\u2019ata Member of Parliament Hon. Phelix Odiwuor, popularly known as Jalang\u2019o<\/em><\/strong>, has firmly dismissed claims that he has been sent by President William Ruto or any political formation to vie for the Nairobi Senate seat in the 2027 General Election under a so-called \u201cbroad-based\u201d arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking amid growing political speculation, Jalang\u2019o clarified that his political journey remains independent and people-driven, insisting that any future decision he makes will be guided solely by the interests of Nairobi residents and not external political instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to be very clear. I have not been sent by President Ruto or anyone else to contest for the Nairobi Senate seat. Any leadership ambition I may have will be based on consultation with the people, not political sponsorship or backroom deals,\u201d Jalang\u2019o stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lang\u2019ata Member of Parliament Hon. Phelix Odiwuor, popularly known as Jalang\u2019o, has firmly dismissed claims that he has been sent by President William Ruto or&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-arena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789","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=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}