Uasin Gishu county assembly leader of majority Josephat Lowoi addressing the press in Eldoret town on Monday, January 8, 2018.[Photo: Elvanis Ronoh].
Uasin Gishu County Assembly leader of majority Josephat Lowoi has condemned deputy president William Ruto’s spokesman David Mugonyi for threatening a Daily Nation journalist.
He said this is uncalled for in this time and era and stern actions should be taken against him.
"I want to condemn this act with the strongest terms possible, how can a public servant of his caliber threaten a journalist whose mandate is to inform the public," he said in Eldoret town, Monday.
"David Mugonyi should publicly apologize to the Nation journalist since this infringes the right of a journalist to access information and as county leadership, we won't allow and if he declines to apologize he should be shown the door since we have other competent people who can take over from him," he added.
He reiterated that the deputy presidential spokesman could have followed the right channel if offended rather than threatening the journalist.
This was after an article written by Daily Nation's Justus Wanga suggested a split between the deputy president William Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta over the new Cabinet line-up was published in the Sunday Nation.