Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has issued a tough demand to the Nation Media Group (NMG) for allegedly publishing defamatory articles against him.
Kidero, who previously served as CEO at NMG, demanded an apology “in the same manner, emotion, skill, pulse and prominence allocated to the offensive articles.”
Through his lawyer Tom Ojienda, the Nairobi Governor claimed that an article published on the front page of the Daily Nation on December 5, titled ‘Sh20 Billion audit shocker for county’ and another on December 8, with the headline ‘Fresh bid to probe Kidero NGO’s cash’ were meant to attack his character.
Kidero added that failure to apologise, he would be forced to move to court.
“For avoidance of doubt, I intend to pursue this matter through legal redress to its logical conclusion to protect my rights and also protect my family who have immensely suffered from these persistent attacks,” reads the demand letter.
The first article, authored by award - winning journalist John Kamau, detailed the queries raised by the Auditor General with regard to the Nairobi County Government.
Kidero has, however, complained that the article portrays him as corrupt as “it seems to suggest that an audit query is the same or amounts to corruption.”
He further complains that the second story, authored by the same journalist, attempts to link the auditor’s queries to a separate investigation on his family foundation’s bank accounts.
“The source of the story is unnamed from the NGO Coordination Board. It is unethical, unfair and morally wrong to run a story with grave accusations and contrived lies without mention of the source and evidential support,” he stated in the demand letter.
“It remains speculative, irreverent and hurtful to the intended victim certainly to wield maximum desecration of image but avoid responsibility at all costs.” Kidero's lawyers concluded.
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