Blogger Dennis Itumbi on Friday, March 20, thanked President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto, a day after he was fired as Digital and Diaspora Communications Senior Director in the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU).
Taking to his Twitter page, Itumbi stated that the two had moulded him into the man that he had become.
"Thank you President Uhuru and DP William Ruto, you have transformed an unknown villager to a headline newsmaker. Thank you for believing, mentoring, continuously growing and protecting my hustle," Itumbi wrote.
Further, he told his followers that he would only make statements on Twitter, urging them to disregard rumours that he would expose confidential information about his former employer.
"Some people are trying to weave a narrative so as to complete what they started. If I want to speak, I will do it on this space, not through hired and coordinated Micro-bloggers. Ignore," he wrote on Twitter.
Itumbi was addressing netizens who stated that he would spill the beans on how the 2017 General Elections were conducted.
"Itumbi says he will reveal to Kenyans how the deep state stole elections in 2017, how the servers were hacked, who tampered with the ICC evidence before the international court," Kirwa Arap Magut claimed.
"Uhuru paid me Ksh10 million to hack the IEBC accounts," William Maskia falsely quoted Itumbi.
Itumbi was fired alongside four other state officials including James Kinyua (Directorate of Communication, Events, and Branding), Erick Ng’eno (Director of Messaging), David Nzioka (Directorate of Communication, Events, and Branding), and John Ndolo (Principal Information Officer – Head of Digital Strategies).
The Public Service Commission announced that it had scrapped the five positions within PSCU due to redundancy.
Itumbi and his colleagues are believed to have had a fall out with the president long before their sacking.
Several leaders have since weighed in on Itumbi's sacking, some celebrating his misfortune while others, asking him to take heart.
"Son (Referring to Itumbi), we may not be on the same page politically, but as a mother, I say to you it shall be well," former Justice Minister Martha Karua stated.
"I don’t ordinarily celebrate the misfortunes of others. But the 'beheading' today of Itumbi from the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit calls on all democracy lovers to raise a glass of champagne," Prof Makau Mutua wrote.
