President Uhuru’s government is not taking chances with social media and the blogosphere – an area it has dominated since romping to power – with revelations that it has hired 36 ‘bloggers’ to manage its online presence.
To deal with the opposition, the government has also hired 13 hackers.
The Jubilee government has lost much of the enthusiasm among young people which peaked during the 2013 election and immediately after but which has since dwindled as the stark reality of governance faces up with pomposity of lofty campaign pledges.
Top blogger Joseph Githu has gone rogue of late with his continuous faulting of the Uhuru regime non delivery of essential services to Jubilee backyard.
The 36 bloggers are said to be working under an expanded digital unit of the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU) and will work under Blogger-In-Chief Dennis Itumbi.
They will all be operating from Office of the deputy president William Ruto and NOT STATEHOUSE.
With the hiring of the 36 bloggers it is expected that CORD Bloggers will NOT be harassed by state agencies since the 36 can overrun the CORD bloggers anytime.
The recruits will be joining the likes of Edith Wambui Fortune, Thuku, Mastanga, Omosa, Wainaina, Opiyo, Kowar, Onyango Ogure among others.
Dennis Itumbi says
I expected some names, this is cheap
hio ofisi ya itumbi ovyo says
gava will use same nyanis who were asleep all along and dont answer emails etc………they are useless and wont win cyber war …exchanges…vile wako bars and lucking dirty cunts in river road..
kamau macharia ni nugu sana says
the so called gava representatives are like personal officers for uhuruto,waiguru na wengine……newyork un kenya representative is one such guy that …only thinking of icc cases instead of serving kenyans in un or help others to join un
jaluo ni kali says
One thing is for sure jathes can easily win propaganda war …..japs are monos in this….only drinking and running for stinking skirts…
Only capable mutahi ngunyi..is serious threat to jathes in social media war….
greedy mps senators mcas shud stop bill to pay exs for life etc..they wotked in past and were paid... says
Wanainchi must wake up and say no…need a sober party leader since Kenya katiba has failed and recipe for chaos soon.
Look this jaluos sponsored bills supported by other stupid mps want riots in kenya….mwanainchi cannot carry burden for former mps or counculors/mcas or any elected official for life.
all elected posts are not permanent….and infact shud be voluntary in next houses.
Kenya’s parliamentarians have made curious additions to their retirement package. Not only will they continue living off taxpayers money (Sh100,000) for the rest of their lives in monthly stipends, they want psychiatric services or a counsellor too. And this is to be paid for by the taxpayer.
According to the lawmakers, the emotional turmoil of losing an election makes life “psychologically difficult” for them, hence the need for a soft emotional landing to bring them from their elitist life to that of a commoner.
Anonymous says
Itumbi i would like to have ..
Mukiri kinyua says
Hehe. …jubilee this jubilee that. ..
Men find anything useful and let jubilee be…
Otherwise if it hurts. ….apply
mburu says
corded this tym round mko motoni
Winnie Majani says
What is Omosa? The poorly dressed young boy with inferior information? Okay
Anonymous says
Desperation at its best. Rift Valley tuko Kanu Fresh.
Khalwaleist says
Hehe…Itumbi the hacking dinosaur!
Anonymous says
Hahahaha!!
Ronoh wa Kanu Fresh says
I had seen it coming. The beginning of the end of this scandalous and corrupt JAPoromosha marriage.
anon says
What about these hackers working at Ministry of Information? And the tools bought by GISO department of NIS, to hack blogs?
waiganjo says
Hizi mahacking ni mingi sana. Mnahack mpaka maphones zetu!!!!
LEE MAKWINY says
As CORD, we are ready for them anytime. You can’t fight with facts. CORD will continue responding to their propaganda with facts. #TeamBabaPodPek
mike wilson says
Yeh man right on!!
Patrick Kapus Kasirim says
Dennis Itumbi,I have just discovered that you blocked me on fb.Why?
Anonymous says
Itumbi will not win dirty propagada war. we will continue educating kenyans to know the true nature of their leaders so that they can have power to chose lambs not foxes or hyenas.
Mohamed Jiwa says
I believe true and accurate information, which is relevant and considered useful by the ordinary person on the street will spread faster and have a greater impact than even 360 bloggers with inaccurate, sometimes false info and, too often, underskirt rewards attached to it. These are two different things. So whoever said this is right: Only good EDUCATION will help us to distinguish between what is relevant and what is a clever diversion to tempt people who are suffering from poverty. So in the manifesto of the challengers to Jubilee at the top of the agenda must be:, “What kind of education, do we want to give the people and their children?” should be at the top of the list.
But is it a lesson that Dennis Itumbi or, for that matter, his feudal masters can rise to? It takes true muscle to take a grip over responsibility of the real kind. I strongly hope that the political parties offering change will take this sort of thing seriously and not be diverted by any egoistic or self-serving eye-lighters.