The 36 bloggers hired by the national government to shore up its badly dented image after repeated failures culminating in the current financial crisis have reported to work this morning.
The bloggers, some who include recently sacked journalists from various mainstream media houses, are tasked with setting the government’s agenda on social media, a fast evolving powerful platform for young people.
A source privy to the goings on within the team has told Kenya Today that the bloggers couldn’t report to work last week because the office space was still being reorganized.
The bloggers have been divided into four groups of 9 each and will work directly under the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU) based at State House though the bloggers are stationed in a new secretariat allegedly at Harambee House Annex.
Apart from government propaganda, the bloggers will also be running an online government blog, Nexus.
Most Facebook user are on high alert expecting friend requests set up on dummy accounts ostensibly to crowd debate on Facebook and discourage any sensible debate.
Previous fake accounts allegedly state sponsored have trolled Kenyans both on Facebook and Twitter, what irritates is that the bloggers are paid by tax payers cash and are frustrating the very tax payer- call it a super paradox.
Be it as it may, it is going to be very difficult to peddle falsehoods, matters economy and security affect every Kenyan and therefore it wont be easy for example hawkers in Nairobi to cheer Jubilee when they ban importation of Mitumba or the sky-rocketing Interest rates.
ICC issue that got Uhuru elected was based on fear mongering and emotion, with economy collapsing and impacting hitting every homestead- it will be hard to play with emotions using tribal cards.
Pamela Njugu says
We are ready. Bring it on.
Khalwaleist says
COME BABY COME.
Dmo says
A pig with 1 brand is a pig. A pig with with 36 brands of lipstick is still a pig. A corrupt government cannot clean off the rot by merely introducing 36 losers.
So what? says
The 36 firefighters have their work cutout for them. With the speed at which the govt is degenerating in terms of corruption and service delivery, they will definitely resort to the known Jubilee disposition of Kikuyu-Kalenjin mobization, fear mongering to the gullible rural folks within RV and Central regions, attack on the person of RAO as the ultimate Antichrist complete with an army to annihilate them from the face of the earth. The govt they are employed to work for will be their worst enemy.
Anonymous says
Like father like son.This gutter publication has perfectly the art of rumour mongering,propaganda,disinformation and innuendo from it’s father ‘the lord of poverty’.By scare mongering the strategy is to hold captive the fatigued and brainwashed CORD constituency from seeing the light.But thank God,kenyans are much wiser than they were in the 1990’s to see through Cords lies and to do the necessary as they did in 2013 and reject this divisive party and consine it to where it belongs;Political oblivion!
Khalwaleist says
36 rookie bloggers have the common account called “ANONYMOUS”.Uhuru Kenyatta has fled with KSh.53billion Eurobond money.The bogus bloggers can text for a whole year but the damage is already done.
chizee says
hivi vyura 36 ziwezinitisha kunywa maji mimi ndovu!!!! so kamwabakwa na jubilee to confuse kenyans instead of convincing them, munafaa matusi kibao everydaily……..
atomic says
Bring it on.Our antennas r up n we can smell u from a far.Waitng to comb through ur half thruths n poorly orgnsd propaganda as alwys
Anonymous says
Strange killer desease killing Aden Duale’s peple,When Duale is leading christian prayers.
Anonymous says
Nukrea waste dumped during Moi era go ask NISIS. in Marsabit.
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