Citizen Digital has responded to complaints by Murang'a Senator, Irungu Kang'ata, over a video that was shared by the media house purporting the lawmaker was in a bar during a House session.
On Thursday, September 16, Citizen Digital took to Twitter and offered an apology to Senator Kang'ata, a day after he raised the issue on the floor of the Senate.
The media house acknowledged it had shared a manipulated video and went ahead to offer an apology and share the correct version of the House proceedings.
In the new and original video, the manipulated background voice in the earlier clip had been removed.
"We apologize for sharing a video purported to be from a Senate session where Murang’a Senator, Irungu Kang'ata, was alleged to have logged in from a bar."
"We have since established that the video had been manipulated. Here is the real video," Citizen Digital wrote while sharing the original video.
The apology by Citizen Digital comes hours after K24 and The Star also apologised to the Senator.
On Wednesday, Kang'ata asked Speaker Ken Lusaka to take serious action against the four media houses.
Makueni Senator, Mutula Kilonzo Jr, also called for the punishment of the media houses that publicised the fake video and asked the Speaker to request the national broadcaster, KBC, to share the actual footage.
Speaker Lusaka vowed to deal with the matter and give his ruling on Tuesday, September 21, when the House convenes, adding that he will make an example out of those involved in the manipulation of the clip.
