KUJ Secretary General Erick Oduor. [Photo| Business Today Kenya]The Kenya Union of Journalists has responded after deputy president William Ruto's spokesman David Mugonyi on Sunday threatened Nation journalist Justus Wanga with unspecified consequences over a story he did on cabinet list. In a statement issued on Sunday, KUJ Secretary-General Erick Oduor condemned the attack on Wanga and called for action to be taken against Mugonyi."I have been shocked beyond comfort after listening to a recording and also receiving a complaints from Justus Wanga, a journalist with Sunday Nation that one David Mugonyi, a senior journalist and a director at Deputy President William Ruto's office threatened to influence his sacking from Nation Media Group. This kind of impunity among senior government officials should not be tolerated and demand that action is taken against Mr Mugonyi. We must defend good journalism and tell Mr Mugonyi and his agents that journalists are not politicians and shall do their job for public good. If he thrives in his work by issuing threats to journalists to please his employer, it is high time quit his job because stories that meet the standards set by newsrooms will be told whether he likes it or not," said Oduor.

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