{"id":1902,"date":"2026-01-04T04:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/1902\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T04:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:09:12","slug":"nakuru-activists-known-for-keeping-government-in-check-turn-to-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/1902\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakuru activists known for keeping government in check turn to politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mKSKH3UhDTCY6JpbTCLGyzpbgrxKTE6NdWqoDmk1.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nNakuru-based surgeon Dr Magare Gikenyi\u00a0 will be vying for the Parliamentary Seat at Nakuru West Sub County. [File, Standard]<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Two Nakuru civil rights activists who have been keeping the national and county governments in check have now turned to politics in a bid to directly push for reforms.\n<\/p>\n<p>Dr Magare Gikenyi, a surgeon and Laban Omusundi, a painter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/rift-valley\/article\/2001532220\/nakuru-duo-keeping-national-county-governments-in-check\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> have been filing <\/a>both public and court petitions to indirectly push for policies, reforms and to point out unconstitutional conduct in the government.<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Uncover the stories others won\u2019t tell. Subscribe now for exclusive access\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    Unlimited access to all premium content<br \/>\n                    Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience<br \/>\n                    Mobile-optimized reading experience<br \/>\n                    Weekly Newsletters<br \/>\n                    MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted<\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nakuru-based surgeon Dr Magare Gikenyi\u00a0 will be vying for the Parliamentary Seat at Nakuru West Sub County. [File,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1470,80,2008],"class_list":{"0":"post-1902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-2027-elections","9":"tag-kenya","10":"tag-nakuru-surgeon-magare-gikenyinakuru-activist-laban-omusundi"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}