Ruto makes charm offensive rounds on international media
Amid concerns on the legitimacy of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s win in the repeat presidential election, his deputy on Monday set out to convince international media that the election reflected the will of voters.
Deputy President William Ruto fielded questions from CNN and Al Jazeera on Saturday and Sunday respectively, before hosting one-on-one interviews with local correspondents of various international media houses on Monday.
On Monday, he was interviewed by correspondents of South African Broadcasting Cooperation (SABC), British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) and the Guardian newspaper.
He has not granted such interviews to local journalists.
State House Director of Digital Communications Dennis Itumbi shared pictures of the interviews on Twitter.
DP @WilliamsRuto speaks to the @guardian Newspaper
"Legitimacy is NOT a moving target, it is defined in our constitution,: pic.twitter.com/905WLNzjjJ
— Dennis Itumbi, HSC (@OleItumbi) October 30, 2017
DP @WilliamsRuto tells @Official_SABC1, "we will not have talks outside our constitutional framework" pic.twitter.com/QectWLFBhP
— Dennis Itumbi, HSC (@OleItumbi) October 30, 2017
DP @WilliamsRuto speaks to @BBCWorld from @StateHouseKenya pic.twitter.com/u6MsV0XllN
— Dennis Itumbi, HSC (@OleItumbi) October 30, 2017