Emotional letter to Francis Gachuri from his children after watching him being attacked by goons at Wiper HQ

Citizen TV’s Francis Gachuri’s children wrote a letter to their father who was roughed up on 31 October during a meeting called by the National Super Alliance (NASA) at the Wiper Headquarters in Lavington, Nairobi.

Lastly, this note penned by my daughter Sandra and her brothers Marcus and Curtis after watching the incident on TV is the real deal. pic.twitter.com/GZtbEsypAy — Francis Gachuri (@Fchurii) October 31, 2017

According to a statement signed by Dennis Anyango, Raila Odinga’s secretariat, NASA said it was deeply disturbed by the incident that took place and apologized to the journalist.

“NASA is deeply disturbed by an incident in which some youths attending its meeting at Wiper Headquarters earlier today assaulted some reporters from local media houses. We wish to make it clear that the youth acted on their own and we condemn their actions in strongest terms possible. The Coalition registers unreserved apology to reporters who fell victim to this unfortunate incident,” read the statement.

During his speech concerning President Uhuru’s win, NASA leader Raila Odinga condemned the actions by the youths and also apologized to the journalist.