Why state house officials fooled Kenyans on Uhuru’s twitter ‘account suspension’

Details have emerged that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Twitter account was suspended by state house officials following his explosive remarks on corruption who feared the president’s statement was ‘potentially divisive’.

On Friday, March 22, Mr Kenyatta while addressing Kenyans living in Namibia fired a terse warning shot at graft suspects saying nobody will be spared, not even his closest political allies or family members.

The statement was shared on his social media pages and quickly spread like bush fire sparking a lot of reactions from Kenyans with some arguing he was like a “toothless dog”, only good at issuing threats without action while others took note of his remarks to close political allies.

Others speculated he was firing a direct warning shot at his deputy William Ruto who has been mentioned in several graft allegations but which he has denied involvement.

“If you are corrupt we will fight you. You can be my brother or my sister or my closest political ally but if you are corrupt we will fight you. I won’t be clouded by ethnicity or status in my quest to leave behind a united nation and I will continue championing for Kenya’s unity,” said Uhuru on his last Twitter post before it was suspended.

In a panic mode, State House officials suspended the president’s social media accounts claiming they had been hacked which was disputed by hawk-eyed Kenyans who interpreted it as a quick move to salvage Uhuru’s sinking political boat following the remarks.

“On account of unauthorised access to the official social media handles of the President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta.

All official social media handles for the President have been temporarily suspended to allow for the necessary remedial measures to be undertaken,” said State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita on his Twitter page.

Later, it turned out that video clips that were released to media houses on the same comment had undergone intensive process of editing to remove the politically explosive remarks that were interpreted to mean Uhuru was targeting his close Jubilee party members.

However, Kenyans beings who they are, they somehow managed to get hold of the entire clip and came bashing at State House staff for editing the original video to in attempts to fool them.

Some Kenyans felt by editing the video, State House officials were becoming a stumbling block to the fight against graft by concealing anti-corruption remarks against close political allies.

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