Dennis Itumbi Finally Admits That He Was Part Of Uhuru Kenyatta’s Campaign Team

Last week, the blogosphere was rife with speculation about whether controversial blogger Dennis Itumbi was campaigning for the Jubilee team.

The speculations were ignited by Robert Alai’s bile-filled blog post which accused Itumbi of spreading propaganda aimed at pitting the Luos against the Luhyas. Since it was a hate-filled blog post, I won’t link to it. If you must read it, use Google to find it.

Whether Alai’s claims were true or not was up in the air, as Alai is the sort of guy to hit out at Samuel Kivuitu immediately after he dies. Anyway, Itumbi came out to put the rumors to rest. In a statement, he clearly stated that he was campaigning for Uhuru Kenyatta all along. Here is what Itumbi said on his Facebook page:

“Hi all,

We thank the Social Media fraternity in Kenya , bloggers and general internet users for making the Jubilee Presidential Candidate Uhuru Kenyatta’s Facebook page the most popular in Kenya. At the moment (time of sending this mail), the likes stand at 423,337, and rising every second.

We wish to assure Kenyan bloggers that when the Jubilee Coalition wins the 2013 elections on Monday, the new government will mainstream Social Media in governance and administration.

“Ours is not just a pledge–we have used social media in the past. As Minister for Finance, we compiled the budget together through twitter. And during the compilation of our manifesto you (bloggers) played a big part in that important initiative”,noted Uhuru.

Thank You .

God Bless Kenya.

Jubilee Presidential Campaign Team.”