Saturday April 13, 2024 - Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi clashed with veteran journalist, John Allan Namu, over his investigative piece on the fake fertiliser scandal.
The two engaged in a heated exchange during an interview
after CS Linturi called out Namu, accusing him of failing to give the Ministry
a right of reply before releasing his investigative piece.
"What was run on Africa Uncensored is not
anything that I would take seriously.”
“Irresponsible journalism would require that before you do
it, get a clarification from the Ministry to understand what is happening.”
“There is every reason for one also to say no, this is not
fair," Linturi stated.
Allan Namu, who joined the show on phone, dismissed Linturi's
claims that they reached out to the Ministry and he did not respond.
"The CS claims we never reached out to the Ministry,
that’s a lie.”
“On 15th Feb this year, we reached out via email, his
Ministry is the only Government department that did not respond to our claims.”
“When he says that I am a crook and a liar, perhaps he
should take a hard look in the mirror," Namu responded.
"The Ministry is not me, there are many people in the
Ministry.”
“He should be saying he sent to my email, the office of the
CS or my PA, that is how it would have gotten to me," Linturi hit back at
Namu in a quick rejoinder.
However, Namu castigated the CS asking him to sort out the
issue regarding fake fertiliser instead of running a smear campaign against
him.
"It is in the public interest that we are doing this
work.”
“I do not know Mithika Linturi.”
“If he has a personal grudge against me, he should take it
up with me personally, not to try and mislead the nation in such a serious
time," Namu remarked.
The
Kenyan DAILY POST
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