The headlines have ranged from “Inside ODM plan to impeach Ruto” to “Kibicho to Ruto: Your security starts with you”. Some of the news stories like “Poll: Ruto pulls fast one on Raila again”, “Why Uhuru is losing grip on Mt Kenya”, and “Rift leaders dare Uhuru to sack Ruto” have depicted the deputy president in some favourable light. But Khalif Salah Rage, a reader in Garissa County, has complained of “the continued habit of the managing editors misusing the name of the DP William Ruto in their headlines”. For him, the story “William Ruto: Portrait of a politician under siege” that appeared on the same day he called to complain was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I looked at other Ruto headline stories and I found similar shortcomings in some of the stories.

Source: Daily Nation April 25, 2019 20:48 UTC