The roundtable interview between President Uhuru Kenyatta and leading TV stations’ journalists has attracted the attention of Kenyans, with some some wishing to have been part of the interview.
Many seem not to be contented with the outcome of the interview, with some expressing disappointments in the journalists who among them was NTV’s Mark Masai, Citizen TV’s Hussein Mohamed, KTN’s Ali Manzu , KBC’s Edward Kubasu and K24’s Anders Ihanji.
The President, among other issues addressed the state of the nation, with Kenya’s foreign debt and borrowing trend drawing much attention of NTV’s Mark Masai.
This brought some differences between the two, when the president compared Kenya debts with those ones of Japan, something Masai couldn’t easily take.
Uhuru however expressed optimism on the success of the war against corruption and the ‘Big Four’ agenda.
The interview drove blogger Robert Alai into asking for a one on one with President Kenyatta which he noted that should be live on TV, something that has put him in a hard tussle with Kenyans on Twitter.
I need to have a one on one with President Uhuru. One on one which will be live on TV. Hiyo ya jana was a joke. #PresidentialRoundTableKE
— Robert ALAI, HSC (@RobertAlai) December 29, 2018
The blogger has been told off the interview, with KOT terming his request as a valid dream. Some have told him to steak to his blogging. They have expressed disappointments in him, with some trolling him for allegedly failing in several journalistic areas.
Here are some of their reactions.
President was interviewed by journalists. That is normal practice. President cannot be interviewed by anybody on streets and fields.
— Muneeni Muthusi (@MuthusiMuneeni) December 29, 2018
Wewe baki tu pale kahawa tungu.
— Miss T. (@tinaokore) December 29, 2018
Hiyo kichwa itatoshea kwa TV zetu?
— Ivan Wanjiku (@ivan_wanjiku) December 29, 2018
Just stick to the keyboard…….ni pesa unataka kuenda kuomba!
— KIMUYU WA MUTUA (@mraph77) December 29, 2018
We know you’re the biggest joke. You want to negotiate to join the Digital Dept.@OleItumbi
— Anicoh Nathaniel (@anicohN) December 29, 2018
Your dreams are valid bwana mandevu
— Lutomia Michael (@leutomia) December 29, 2018