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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now says that the media has seen nothing yet, as he called on other leaders to join CS Moses Kuria in holding the press to account.
The DP said it was time the media was held to account for what they report, insisting that nobody is immune to accountability.
Gachagua, went on to defend a recent slur by Trade CS Moses Kuria against Nation Media Group, saying that he only asked a few questions.
He also called on other leaders to join Kuria in his “accountability calls”.
“Now Moses Kuria amewauliza maswali tatu and you are all over crying. You have seen nothing. We want to ask leaders in this country to join Moses Kuria to hold the press to account.
“They must be accountable to what they write and what they say and if they write lies, they must be countered with facts. There is nobody who is immune to accountability,” Gachagua said.
Speaking during a graduation ceremony at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, the DP also said the courts should grant gag orders to leaders when they seek them, the same way they grant the media against politicians.
“And the same way the courts have been persuaded to gag Moses Kuria from holding the press to account, I want the same courts, when leaders go to ask them to restrain the media from criticising the leaders, the same court must give same orders so that we are fair.”
He added that it was good the media was feeling how the political class has felt for many years.
Gachagua welcomed the media to the world of Moses Kuria, insisting that somebody needs to hold the fourth estate to account.
“Now we are saying somebody needs to hold the media to account because of the things they are writing. Welcome to the world of Moses Kiarie Kuria because no situation is permanent.
“And I’m so happy with the way media has reacted to criticism. It’s good you are feeling the way we feel. You have been hitting us left, right, and centre but nobody has ever held you to account.” BY THE STAR