A member of the European Parliament has confessed to writing President Uhuru Kenyatta's 2017 campaign speeches while working for data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica.
Ms Alexandra Philips of Brexit Party, in an audio recorded by Channel 4 News, admitted to working for President Uhuru Kenyatta in the controversial 2017 polls that saw opposition leader Raila Odinga disputing the outcome.
Previously, Ms Philips, in an expose by the same media house, denied working for Cambridge Analytica. At that time, she claimed that she wasn't aware of the allegations.
“I didn’t work for them at all. That’s libellous,” she said.
“I’m being very serious now. You’re actually propagating a load of misinformation that’s been put online… based on nothing. If you want to talk about the Cambridge Analytica campaign, speak to them, not me. I don’t know them. I really don’t know the people," added Philips.
However, in the latest recorded interview, the British MP said she was hired by the company as a communications consultant thus her involvement.
According to her, she was responsible for all speeches delivered by President Uhuru Kenyatta both in rallies and State House.
“I was brought on as a political communications consultant for the Kenya project. I’d be writing the president’s speeches and his talking points for rallies and State House statements. I trained their communications team; they’re all sort of journalists who came together to create a press office. So I had to train them up and daily management of that communications team," she said.
The company was criticised by the opposition team for carrying out negative campaigns mostly propaganda. The firm is also said to have run Uhuru's campaigns in 2013.
Last year in March, opposition leader Raila Odinga threatened to take legal action against the firm. However, Odinga seems to have dropped his decision after reconciling with President Uhuru.
“I am disappointed that Facebook agreed to cooperate in this clandestine enterprise. I have been very disappointed, and we are actually contemplating legal action against Facebook. . . We will do it outside Kenya with Kenyan lawyers and others from outside,” said Raila.