Raila said it was irresponsible of the Government to spend taxpayers' money on conferences to discuss ways of gagging mainstream and social media. During the meeting, former PS Joseph Tiampati defected to ODM from the Kenya National Congress party. Updated Thu, August 11th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3ODM leader Raila Odinga has hit out at the Jubilee government for what he termed attempts to muzzle freedom of the press and expression. Raila said yesterday's meeting was planned a month ago by a team of professionals and opinion leaders from Narok, who are planning a major rally in Narok. It has not been defined and we would love to know what it means," he said.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2016 20:44 UTC