Deputy President William Ruto claims a section of the media is biased against him. [File, Standard]Deputy President William has asked the media to be fair in political reporting and allocation of airtime to key players in the upcoming general election. Through his presidential campaigns secretariat, Ruto said he’d “noted with much concern the repeated and continued bias and propaganda in a section of Kenya’s mainstream media”. Presidential debate boycottThe deputy president has, consequently, warned that he’ll boycott the presidential debate scheduled for July 12, 2022. Ruto alleges that the media organisations highlighted by his communications team tend to favour Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya presidential aspirant Raila Odinga when it comes to coverage.

Source: Standard Digital June 02, 2022 17:11 UTC