President Kenyatta’s Social Media Accounts Suspended

The social media accounts of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta have been suspended as State House claims they have been hacked.

The announcement comes following a Tweet from his Twitter account that appeared to target Deputy President William Ruto over corruption. The Tweet read, “If you are corrupt we will fight you. You can be my brother or my sister or my closest political ally but if you are corrupt we will fight you. I won’t be clouded by ethnicity or status in my quest to leave behind a united nation and I will continue championing for Kenya’s unity.”

The President has over 3.62 million followers. Following the suspension of his Twitter account, President Kenyatta’s Facebook account also went down.

According to a Tweet from State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita, "On account of unauthorised access to the official social media handles of the President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, all official social media handles for the President have been temporarily suspended to allow for the necessary remedial measures to be undertaken."

Waita also confirmed that while the issues is being resoled “the only official digital media channels that will convey information for and on behalf of the President, Her Excellency the First Lady and State House are as detailed below: Twitter: @StateHouseKenya, @UKenyatta, @FirstLadyKenya @KanzeDena; Facebook: State House Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, @Office of the First Lady Kenya.”