State House Makes Changes on President Uhuru's Digital Communications

An overhaul of State House Digital Communication platforms has seen top Twitter handles previously used to disseminate President's messages deleted.

Among top accounts previously run by State House and which have been deleted from Twitter include @PresidentKE and @PSCU_digital. @PresidentKE handle had 459,000 followers while @PSCU_digital had 225,000 followers.

In a statement, Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita said the changes were made to streamline communications from the State House.

“As part of ongoing efforts to enhance accessibility and flow of information from the Office of the President, State House has undertaken a review of the various digital media accounts that have in the past been used to convey official information on the activities of H.E the President, Uhuru Kenyatta,” Mr Waita’s statement read in part.

Waita said @StateHouseKenya, @UKenyatta, @FirstLadyKenya and @KanzeDena are the only accounts which will make communications on behalf of State House henceforth.

“It is further advised that State House shall not accept any liability or responsibility for any inaccuracies arising from the reliance by a media outlet on communication delivered through any other unofficial means,” the statement said.

The changes comes in the wake of an incident where a PSCU Twitter account misspelled the name of President Uhuru's new aide-de-camp, Colonel Timothy Stelu Lekolool, prompting retraction and correction.