The subsequent shutdown of President Kenyatta’s official social media accounts served absolutely no purpose other than to add to the frenzied sharing of the original video clip. The subsequent shutdown of President Kenyatta’s official social media accounts served absolutely no purpose other than to add to the frenzied sharing of the original video clip. It thus remained unclear if the problem was posting of the original video or editing to remove the presumed reference to Dr Ruto. Were the social media accounts shut down because of infiltration or toxic reader comments dismissing the President’s umpteenth vow to root out graft? The messaging from Dr Ruto during the increasingly loud, if indirect, verbal fisticuffs with President Kenyatta has been nothing short of disaster.

Source: Daily Nation March 25, 2019 19:00 UTC