Murang'a Senator, Irungu Kang'ata, has asked Citizen Digital, Kameme FM and K24 to apologise for sharing a fake video on their social media pages or risk being sued for defamation.
The media houses had posted a video alleging that Kang'ata was blocked from addressing the Senate by Speaker Ken Lusaka for allegedly being at a city pub.
Kang'ata had lodged a complaint in Senate saying that the video was altered and manipulated to create the impression that he was in a bar.
He added that he was a teetotaller in the line with the Catholic faith and accused four media houses of flouting the House Standing Orders.
In a statement on his social media pages, Kang'ata threatened that he would be seeking hefty damages if the media houses failed to make a public apology.
"Citizen digital, Kameme FM and K24 should follow suit (referring to the Star Newspaper), otherwise we meet in court for a suit seeking hefty damages await," reads the statement.
The Star Newspaper has since apologised and uploaded the correct version of the video on its social media pages.
"We apologise for a video posted of Murang'a Senator Irungu Kang'ata logging in to Senate proceedings allegedly from the bar, we have since established that the video clip was manipulated," the publication stated as they uploaded the correct video.
Kang'ata was supported by other lawmakers who also demanded that action be taken on the person who manipulated the video saying that violated the good standing of the House of the Senate.
"When we were complaining about the manipulation of servers, this is exactly what we were saying. First, you manipulate numbers, you manipulate a voice, the next time they're going to manipulate you. They're going to show you without clothes but with your voice," Makueni Senator, Mutula Kilonzo Jr, stated.
"Mr Speaker, the said bar is not just a bar. It is a place of sin and for years it has been a dirty place. For the media to pick that kind of gutter reporting and associate the place and malign him is something we must all condemn," Bungoma Senator, Moses Wetangula, weighed in.
