William Ruto breaks silence on claims he almost slapped President Kenyatta
William Ruto breaks silence on claims he almost slapped President Uhuru Kenyatta after the nullification of the 2017 election results.
Deputy President William Ruto has denied reports that he nearly slapped President Uhuru Kenyatta as false and deceptive.
William Ruto through his head of Presidential campaign communication Hussein Mohamed termed the reports as “unprofessional, biased, divisive and unfair coverage”.
In a letter complaining about two media reports, including that of him almost slapping Uhuru, the DP lamented over what he termed as “unprofessional, biased, divisive and unfair coverage”.
Report on Ruto saying he almost slapped Uhuru first emerged on Sunday attracting numerous criticism from Azimio leaders and a section of Kenyans.
Ruto was speaking to Kiambu elders at his Karen residence on Friday when he revealed that he restrained himself from slapping Ruto because of respect.
William Ruto breaks silence on claims
In a letter to NMG CEO, the Director of Communications in the DP’s Presidential Campaign team Hussein Mohammed accused Nation Media of biased framing including in the Sunday lead story about Ruto’s alleged confession about slapping Uhuru.
“The headlines titled ‘Day I almost slapped Uhuru’, is not only erroneous but deliberately misleading,” read the letter in part.
“The Sunday Nation headline and story is a continued attempt to evade reporting on rather revolutionary policies in the Kenya Kwanza coalition manifesto and intensify your biased framing and negative profiling of the Kenya Kwanza campaign.”
“We note our displeasure with your media house’s decision to not only distort facts but outrightly publish fabricated and imaginative stories whose agenda only you can explain,” the letter read in part.
“The story is evidently a deliberate misinterpretation with an aim to create a misunderstanding and persuade or negatively bias the reader to advance political ends, read the letter.
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