Citizen TV's Jeff Koinange was once pranked by radio/TV presenters who were posing as agents from the office of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The prank, which was made through a call, was triggered by an interview that the JKLive host had done with fellow journalist and namesake, Jeff Mote.
During the interview, Koinange had disclosed that during his days at Saint Marys School, President Kenyatta, who was his schoolmate, had knocked him on the head several times.
Mote who was interviewing Koinange, interpreted that to mean that the president had bullied the former CNN journalist.
When Kiss 100 FM pranksters called Jeff to ask about the story, he jumped into defense mode and threw Mote under the bus for interpreting the incident as a form of bullying.
This is how the prank went down.
"My name is Juma from the Office of the President. I'm calling regarding a video clip that has gone viral where you're saying the president bullied you...we didn't feel like it was professional for you to say that because he is the president," Chipukeezy started.
"Listen, I didn't say he bullied me, I just said I got a couple of ngotos (knocks on the head) from him, I'm not the one who put it out of context. Don't blame the messenger here, okay?" Jeff responded.
"Who should we blame?" Chipukeezy asked.
"Call Jeff Mote, call him. I'm sure you have his number...he's the one who put it in that context," Jeff responded before the call was disconnected.
Mote himself, called Jeff again, this time pretending to be an associate of Chipukeezy who had introduced himself Uhuru's aide.
"Hello bwana Jeff, you were just called by my associate, you said we should speak to who about the matter?" asked Mote.
"Jeff Mote, Mote from Classic FM..he's the one who did the interview," Jeff made himself clear.
When the caller asked whether he would present himself for questioning, Koinange got angry and started cursing then disconnected the call.
By the time the two pranksters tried to call again, Jeff had already figured out that he was being pranked and they all laughed together.
Jeff Mote, who was participating all along, asked Koinange why he had decided to throw him under the bus.
"All this time I've been telling guys that Jeff has my back, we share a name, this guy would never throw me under the bus, then you do this?
"State House could have come for me and you'd have pretended you don't know?" wondered Mote. "Its nothing personal," Koinange responded seemingly out of breath from laughing.
Mote told this writer that despite how Koinange defended himself, he held no ill-feelings towards him because he understood it was a prank.
Listen to how the prank call went down.
