This Man Itumbi! Why he is a man of his words

Once a common feature on TV programmes that analyzed the performance of government and the media, Mr Itumbi has maintained a low profile since 2016. He and three other directors were reprimanded by President Kenyatta over the manner they were handling State House communication.

It would be argued that he has cut a niche for himself as far as advancing the agenda of politicians in the digital world is concerned.  When the Jubilee government was being assailed by the media, civil society and the opposition for its performance during its first term, Mr Dennis Itumbi, then-Secretary for Digital and Innovations at State House, deployed the Twitter hashtag #System ya facts which he had popularised before joining State House.

The purpose of the hashtag was to correct what Mr Itumbi and generally President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government perceived to be mistaken information being pushed against the administration.

Mr Itumbi who is a consummate debator, owes his background as an actor in drama clubs. Though he shies away from personal controversy, he has never lost an opportunity to pass his point.

For TV interviews, he turns up with a briefcase full of documents to support his version of facts.  One of the local dailies, highlighted his recent post, and later deleted it, but that is not the issue, Dennis took to twitter on the doodle they used of him.

Asante @dailynation – I have a new possible profile pic. Inaweza #SystemYaFacts will live on.. pic.twitter.com/ZFTSPprP3u

— Dennis Itumbi, HSC (@OleItumbi) March 24, 2019

Here is what Kenyans had to say about the post;

Yaas pic.twitter.com/XMRsIk1YLf

— Henry levis koilai (@Koilai) March 25, 2019

Vumilia kama mwanaume…shit do happen na ukae ngumu kama Gumo..😂

— Mutichilo Mike (@Wakilimutichilo) March 24, 2019

And true to his words, Itumbi indeed had the photo as his new profile picture.