Propaganda is hard to tame in a world where people want to viciously knock opponents out using any method for their success.
Noting that nothing much seems to have changed over the last 2000 years, the Deputy president William Ruto indicated that journalists and media have been distorting information since biblical times.
“Mimi sikujua eti hii maneno ya waandishi si eti imeanza saa hii, ilikueko ata nyuma huko. Imeandikwa kwa biblia (I didn’t know that this thing about scribes didn’t start today, it dates back to the ancient times. It is written in the bible),” he added as the congregation burst out in laughter.
Ruto was at St Martin Catholic Church Karuri, Kiambaa, Kiambu County when he referenced the gospel from Luke 15: 1 and 2.
“Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them,” the Sunday reading went.
In particular, Ruto took issue with the news on his recent meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta when the latter paid him a visit at his Harambee Annex office.
“Ata leo umeona hawa waandishi… mimi na mdosi wangu tumeketi kwa mkutano. Sasa wanasema eti wanajua secrets nini iliendelea kwa hiyo mkutano. Mimi na mdosi wangu tulikua kwa mkutano, nyinyi mlikua wapi? (Even today you saw it. These writers… I held discussions with my boss (Uhuru). Now they claim to know the secrets of what transpired during the meeting. We were two of us in the meeting. Where was the media?” he posed.
Interviews with those privy to the discussions have reportedly revealed that the president alerted his second in command of the drastic action he intends to take regarding the war on corruption.