{
  "id": 1518961,
  "title": "Homa Bay roads: Mbadi mocks Sifuna, Linda Mwananchi for cherry-picking what to post",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/homa-bay-roads-mbadi-mocks-sifuna-linda-mwananchi-for-cherry-picking",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T16:24:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/inside-politics/homa-bay-roads-mbadi-mocks-sifuna-linda-mwananchi-for-cherry-picking-what-to-post"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has hit back at the Linda Mwananchi movement over videos highlighting dusty roads in Homa Bay County, accusing the political team of deliberately selecting poor stretches of road to create a misleading picture of infrastructure development in the region. Mbadi, a former Suba South MP, said the convoy had […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Vehicles damaged and people injured as hired goons attack Linda Mwananchi Homa Bay rallies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/vehicles-damaged-and-people-injured-as-hired-goons-attack-linda",
        "published": "2026-08-16T21:05:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Linda Mwananchi storms Homa Bay amid tension, rival group clashes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/linda-mwananchi-storms-homa-bay-amid-tension-rival-group-clashes",
        "published": "2026-08-17T03:09:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Standard Kenya",
        "title": "Two people killed including a police officer in Homa Bay chaos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/two-people-killed-including-a-police-officer-in-homa-bay-chaos",
        "published": "2026-08-17T12:32:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "ACK Bishop Omangi condemns Homa Bay Linda Mwananchi chaos, calls for speedy probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ack-bishop-omangi-condemns-homa-bay-linda-mwananchi-chaos-calls-for",
        "published": "2026-08-17T12:45:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "NPS arrests 37 suspects over Homa Bay Linda Mwananchi rally violence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/nps-arrests-37-suspects-over-homa-bay-linda-mwananchi-rally-violence",
        "published": "2026-08-17T16:11:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}