Raphael Tuju has shared a classic throwback by reading a news item, even though the story in question was one criticizing his boss President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Moments after sharing his thoughts as a panelist during a political talk show, the senior politician was challenged to read the news, a challenge he gleefully accepted.
But then came delicate matter of reading news on Kenyans’ bitter reactions to the high cost of living which they blamed on President Kenyatta’s government.
However, Tuju, who is the Jubilee Party Secretary General and Cabinet secretary without Portfolio in President Kenyatta’s government, delivered in an impressive fashion.
The former Member of Parliament for Rarieda was once a senior journalist and TV producer with his career in the newsroom dating back to the 1990s when he anchored prime time news at KTN.
- The report sampled some reactions from Kenyans around the country on their views of Uhuru’s regime.
After reading the report, Tuju jokingly admitted that there was a time when reading that kind of news would have cost him his job.
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“That is a tribute to freedom of the media and how robust we are. There is some years ago, if that happened I’d be out of a job,” he conveyed.
He further pointed a finger at Debarl for setting him up (all in good fun).
“They took advantage and made sure there was enough critic of the government before I read the report,” Tuju added.
One of the panellists later commended Tuju for his ability to read the news despite the obvious criticism on his boss, the president.
