Veteran journalist Hussein Mohammed picked to head Ruto’s Communication team

 Deputy President William Ruto has made a major step towards
heightening his Political Communication Strategy after tapping into
his Communication team one of the Kenya’s renowned journalists.

A major change
This came hours after the DP’s campaign Digital Strategist Denis
Itumbi hinted of a major change in the campaign’s communications team.
“A key addition to the campaign communications team to be
unveiled,’’ Itumbi posted Monday morning.
Mohammed’s pick comes barely a year after the UDA party picked former
Nation editor and veteran journalist Wanjohi Githae as the party’s
Communications Director in April 2021.
Mohammed, an award-winning journalist and a celebrated interviewer
left  plum job in October 2019. Since then, he maintained a
low profile away from the media limelight. However, reports indicate
that he was working with NGOs as a communications consultant.
While at Citizen TV Mohammed was admired by many for his eloquence and
hard-hitting questions to politicians during interviews he hosted. The
broadcaster is an outlet of Royal Media Services owned by media mogul
S .K. Macharia. The businessman has openly supported Raila Odinga’s
2022 bid for presidency, a move that has put the station on the path
of ridicule by a section of Kenyans.
A section of leaders from UDA took to social media to welcome the
media guru whom they said was a major asset to the growth of the party
and a huge boost to their presidential candidate.
“Your input as the head of communications in the William Ruto
Presidential Campaigns will be pivotal, ‘’ said Kiharu MP Ndindi
Nyoro.
STORY By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT, EDITED By MUSYOKA NGUI