Secretary of Innovation, Digital and Diaspora Communication in the Office of the President Dennis Itumbi has yet again taken a swipe at journalists in what he calls "wrong" coverage of news.
In a tweet on Sunday, Itumbi insisted that Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju is not a Cabinet Secretary, adding that referring him as such is a lie.
"Dear Sunday Nation, TWO errors in this story. One, @RaphaelTujuis NOT a CS. That is a lie you have told so many Times. It remains a LIE! Two, there is ZERO shock, Jubilee always locks out CORRUPT leaders. Corruption must be proven via a fair Judicial CONVICTION!" said Itumbi.
The former Rarieda MP is said to be engineering a revolution in Jubilee party that would see those indicted of corruption denied party tickets during nominations.
In the past, Tuju has defended his presence in cabinet, arguing that he sits there as SG of the ruling party which seeks to deliver the manifesto.
“We are borrowing from best practice globally, strong parties keen on ensuring that its manifestos are implemented to the later have their officials in Cabinet,” said Tuju in a past interview.
The idea of a minister without a portfolio has been borrowed from Tanzania’s Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and Uganda’s National Resistance Movement (NRM) and China’s CPC.