‘I am posting this in the face of news of my redeployment from the Office of Public Communication Secretary and Government Spokesman.
A statement from the Presidency, by now widely circulated in the multimedia news sector and already the subject of social media chatter, said the move was informed by the need to ensure ‘coherence, clarity and consistency’ in the way the Government communicates.
The statement was issued by Mr. Manoah Esipisu, the Secretary Communication and State House Spokesperson, read in part:
“The Secretary Communication and State House Spokesperson will take the lead in communicating Government in its entirety”.
Mr. Esipisu also said: “The Office of Public Communication Secretary and Government Spokesman does not fit within the new structure of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Administration and has consequently been shut”.
The statement concluded:
“Mr. Muthui Kariuki, the last holder of the Government Spokesperson post, has been reassigned within Government”.
Mr. Esipisu was also kind and thoughtful enough to make a personal call to me and inform me of these perspectives, issues, developments and directions, for which I thank him and wish him all the best in his new government-wide capacity.
I also take this opportunity to most sincerely thank His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta for having allowed me to serve in my previous capacity until this morning.
On behalf of myself and my immediate family I also thank President Kenyatta for reassigning me in a different capacity within Government.
I hasten to reassure His Excellency that I will serve diligently and with value-adding professionalism, integrity and patriotism in my new capacity.
Muthui Kariuki, EBS
