British public-service television broadcaster Channel 4 News is in Kenya for a series of interviews with Kenyan personalities following their exposé on Cambridge Analytica that aired on Monday.
Among those interviewed are NTV journalist Larry Madowo and National Super Alliance leader Raila Odinga.
Through his social media on Saturday, Larry disclosed that he had taped an interview with the UK TV station on Cambridge Analytica’s work in Kenya.
He explained that the interview came in the wake of his opinion piece that was published in the Washington Post on March 20 explaining how data-driven firm poisoned Kenya's democracy.
[caption caption="Larry Madowo during an interview with Channel 4 News"]
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In his piece expressed his displeasure with how no action was being taken in the developing countries in regard to the exposé
"In these developing countries, there has been no word about sanctions or even a demand for answers from Cambridge Analytica. Besides, those who are supposed to penalize the offending companies would likely have the privilege of being the direct beneficiaries of its nefarious operations
"Regulators in those countries must step up to hold companies like this accountable or kick them out completely.
"Kenyans must demand transparency and a full investigation. Sadly though, it is hard to imagine that Cambridge Analytica will ever be unwelcome here when it helped elect the president twice," he wrote.
Further reports indicate that Odinga -the presidential candidate who lost in two elections where the UK firm is revealed to have run for President Uhuru Kenyatta was also interviewed for the investigative feature.
On Saturday, Odinga called for investigations to be carried out in Kenya into the activities of data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica, and believes their servers could contain evidence of a compromised Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
[caption caption="Raila Odinga during a previous interview"]
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There was a fresh twist as the story developed where the whistleblower Christopher Wylie revealed that his predecessor Dan Muresan - a political strategist - was found dead in a Kenyan hotel room while working on President Kenyatta's 2013 campaign.
