Peter Dobbie, Aljazeera news anchor. [Photo|Aljazeera]

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It is an interview that roiled social media for days on end; an Aljazeera journalist putting the deputy president of the Republic of Kenya, William Ruto, on the spot with relentlessly hard-hitting questions.They were brutal and well-researched questions that left the viewer with no doubt that the journalist had done his homework.Even more remarkable was the jaw-dropping courage with which the questions were asked, so pointed that the DP appeared visibly frustrated with the trajectory of the interview.The narrative that William Ruto sought to advance was challenged at every turn.For scores of Kenyan social media users, the live interview was a marked departure from the annoyingly scripted and timid interviews by local journalists that they have increasingly become accustomed to.To the sworn critics of Kenya's media landscape, it is a gold-standard interview that every local journalist should watch for tips on how to conduct an interview.His name is Peter Dobbie; an unbelievably eloquent journalist who is also an author.In a brief twitter conversation with this writer, Peter Dobbie described himself as a ''nosey parker'', a phrase which means an overly inquisitive person.Quite an apt description that well captures his legendary ability to pose difficult questions for those who have the ''misfortune'' of being interviewed by him.