{
  "id": 6646238,
  "title": "Omtatah defends ‘yapping’ remark after Senate suspension",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/omtatah-defends-yapping-remark-after-senate-suspension",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T21:10:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/omtatah-defends-yapping-remark-after-senate-suspension"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has defended his use of the word “yapping” to describe President William Ruto’s roadside declaration on undocumented immigrants, a day after he was suspended from the Senate for refusing to withdraw the remark. Omtatah was suspended for three sitting days and ordered out of the chamber on Thursday, September 10, 2026, […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Omtatah ejected from Senate, barred for three days over Ruto ‘yapping’ remarks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/omtatah-ejected-from-senate-barred-for-three-days-over-ruto-yapping",
        "published": "2026-09-10T14:33:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Okiya Omtatah gets 3-day Senate suspension over remarks made against Ruto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/okiya-omtatah-gets-3-day-senate-suspension-over-remarks-made-against",
        "published": "2026-09-10T16:25:17.000Z"
      }
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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."
}