Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has threatened to sue a Standard Group journalist for allegedly publishing and spreading false news about him.
Mutua said Geoffrey Mosoku reported what did not actually happen hence he will take legal action against him.
He was referring to reports which had gone viral in various mainstream and social media that the Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi and himself were rescued after they fell into River Gucha on Friday morning.
"I have written a statement with the CID at Ogembo Police Station so that Standard Journalist Geoffrey Mosoku may be charged with spreading fake news and cyberbullying for lying that I had fallen into River Gucha and that I was taking a selfie," Mutua said.
"The new law that H.E Uhuru Kenyatta just assented to will be used to charge all those lying and others copying and spreading lies about the Gucha incident. We have video evidence that contradicts the lies and hundreds of witnesses. Fake news, impunity, and abuse of social media have to end," Mutua added.
According to Mosoku's story, Mutua, who was in the company of Maangi slid and fell into River Gucha while taking selfies at the river bank.
The story went viral as a section of Machakos residents told-off the governor who they said had traveled all the way to Kisii for a selfie session when Machakos has a myriad of problems to solve.
"I urge editors and internet site managers to verify the truth and to pull down the false Gucha river incident info they are reporting and to correct it with the truth," Mutua said.