Television journalist Sam Gituku won the hearts of Kenyans for his professionalism and articulacy during the joint media interview with President Ruto at State House on Sunday night.
Citizen TV’s Sam Gituku stole the show by asking candid, humorous and well-researched questions.
For instance, without fear, Gituku pinned down President Ruto over the housing levy and how it was changed from being a fund to a tax. The president dithered in his answer providing contradictory figures.
Kenyans, in their numbers, have come out to heap praises on journalist Sam Gituku, saying his line of questioning not only exposed the inconsistencies within the Kenya Kwanza government but revealed the inaccuracies of what the government has hitherto espoused as factual.
Such bold, refreshing, incisive and analytic inquiry of facts by a journalist on television has long been lacking since Hussein Mohammed decamped to become State House Spokesperson and Joe Ageyo joined Nation Media Group as Editor-in-chief.
There’s certainly a gap in the media space that needs filling urgently, and last night Sam Gituku robustly danced into that space for the love of profession and even much more; the love of country
