Dennis Itumbi, former State House senior director of digital communications with two others have been sacked by President Uhuru Kenya. The PSCU team is said to have brought embarrassment to the president on how they handled issues
Dennis Itumbi and three other members of the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) were sacked on Wednesday, June 29, by President Uhuru Kenyatta just a year to the 2017 general election.
Until his sacking, Itumbi was the Director of Digital Communication in the office of the president and had ruffled many feathers while sitting on the position.
The sacking of Itumbi and his colleagues was long overdue, at least according to some of those who disagreed with every statement that came from PSCU.
Reports indicate that Itumbi and his colleagues were denied entry into State House and later on received a text message telling them ‘to sit tight back home and wait for further directions when President Uhuru returns from his state visit to Botswana.’
The other three are Senior Director of Public Communications Munyori Buku, Head of Messaging at the Presidency Eric Ng’eno and the Branding and Events Director James Kinyua.
And now it has emerged that slain city businessman Jacob Juma correctly predicted Itumbi’s sacking before he was brutally murdered in Nairobi on Thursday, May 5.
In a series of tweets that have surfaced online, Jacob Juma persistently said that he had received high profile intelligence that Itumbi was on his way out of State House after Uhuru expressed his displeasure at the manner the PSCU team was handling matters.
At some point, Juma even said that Itumbi had been sacked and was working at Deputy President William Ruto’s Karen home.
Reports indicate that Itumbi and his colleagues are likely to redeployed but that remains to be seen. Dennis Itumbis’s sacking has sparked social media trolls, especially on Twitter with no place for the sacked Itumbi to hide.
Mr. Itumbi has attracted supporters and detractors in equal measure with his posts that support the Jubilee and critic Cord.
Many of his critics appeared to pop the champagne after news of his firing came through.
On social media, they used memes, gifs, and tweets to mock the man they say was overzealous in his assignment.
Mr. Itumbi was sent home on Wednesday night alongside head of public communications Munyori Buku, chief of messaging at the Presidency Eric Ng’eno and branding and events head James Kinyua.
Mr. Itumbi is yet to address the issue. On his Facebook page, he posted a message on social media day, steering clear of the subject
The memes.
When you hear the sponsor has been fired and your rent is due #PSCUDisbanded pic.twitter.com/xcABmGSfPA
— Bel Akinyi (@BelAkinyii) June 29, 2016
And the gifs.
#Itumbi packing before heading home #PSCUDisbanded pic.twitter.com/6QzWfwboM2
— Collins Cheruiyot (@Ccheruiyot) June 29, 2016
The 36 bloggers were not spared either.
With #PSCUDisbanded,lemmi introduce @OleItumbi n #36Bloggers to betting.We can start with placing a win for Poland against Portugal,phew!
— Gikunda Mate (@Gikmate) June 30, 2016
36 bloggers trying to catch up With reality Life’s about to get rough,can imagine how bad it wil get #PSCUDisbanded pic.twitter.com/Bdlr8sdy6v
— Bel Akinyi (@BelAkinyii) June 29, 2016
Some stood with them, though.
#PSCUDisbanded Interesting how people celebrate another person’s downfall #IstandWithPSCU
— Henry Ego (@EgoHenrie) June 30, 2016
While others wished them well.
Before those tweeting on??? #PSCUDisbanded even take a cup of tea today,itumbi and his pple will have higher positions in govt,mark my tweet
— DENUH™ (@denuhk) June 30, 2016
Others saw it as a well-planned decoy.
Think bigger. #PSCUDisbanded is a decoy, a booby trap… Deviation from Parliament passing billions a day before end of GoK financial year.
— Saddique Shaban (@SaddiqueShaban) June 29, 2016
Additionan information: Nairobian & Tuko
