Nairobi Governor hopeful Miguna Miguna on Thursday swiftly deleted a Tweet he had posted that portrayed him as having difficulty in establishing the exact election year we are on.
Miguna had referred to the upcoming polls as the "2008 elections", a minor mistake that online users had begun blowing out of proportion before he pulled it down.
The tweet was one in a series of scathing remarks directed at The Standard newspaper which he was accusing of abetting "irresponsible cartel journalism".
Miguna's reaction had been provoked by an article published by the newspaper claiming that he had prophesied a loss for President Uhuru Kenyatta in the upcoming polls. It read as follows:-
This is irresponsible cartel journalism by @StandardKenya. They have manufactured and falsely attributed to me fake news. Shame on them. https://t.co/MV5TXH1B1w
— Governor Miguna (@MigunaMiguna) April 6, 2017
The tweet was later followed by:-
NAIROBI is Kenya's capital city; not of Jubilee or NASA or CORD. Nor is it the capital of graft. Nairobians must elect leaders of integrity.
— Governor Miguna (@MigunaMiguna) April 6, 2017
He pulled down the third tweet and re-wrote it accurately as follows:-
The Nairobi 2017 gubernatorial contest is going to be won on integrity, merit, vision, policies & programs; not by cartel propaganda or loot
— Governor Miguna (@MigunaMiguna) April 6, 2017
He also posed a challenge to some prominent media personalities.
A challenge to @KoinangeJeff, @LinusKaikai & @LarryMadowo: Moderate a debate between the cartels and I. Serve the public interests.
— Governor Miguna (@MigunaMiguna) April 5, 2017
