Presidential communication team disbanded

Presidential communication team disbanded 

 

Dennis Itumbi at Chuka University at a past event.Photo/MUSYOKA NGUI

BY MUSYOKA NGUI

The Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) was disbanded yesterday. That is what Citizen TV’s Terry Anne Chebet told her viewers in News-Just In update before reading the 9 pm bulletin. The script she read seemed again replicated at the Kenya's most popular TV station’s website. This is the link http://citizentv.co.ke/news/president-uhuru-kenyatta-disbands-his-communication-team-132023/

Those affected include Dennis Itumbi the Director of the Digital and Diaspora Communications, Munyori Buku the Senior Public Communications Director and Eric Ng’eno the head of Messaging. The other one on the list is James Kinyua who headed the Events and Branding section of PSCU.

Manoah Esipisu remains the State House Spokesperson and head of communication.

No doubt the State House is moving towards a more structured and organized communication. The PSCU is instrumental in shaping the image of the president and his deputy who are image- conscious and rode to power on the digital platform.

The government maintains a separate government spokesperson’s office currently held by Eric Kiraithe, a former police chief. Others who held the post in the past include Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua and Public Relations expert Muthui Kariuki