PREMIUM 2027 elections: Ruto’s image machine comes from an old Kenyatta playbook President Ruto is approaching the 2027 elections burdened by an image problem. Weekly Review 7 min ago

It suppressed dissent on Voice of Kenya, withdrew reporters from Parliament, produced films promoting the government and gathered information on foreign correspondents for the Special Branch.

Mzee Kenyatta summoned a crisis Cabinet meeting, where ministers decided that the Treasury should finance a campaign to popularise the government, promote its achievements and restore Mzee’s image as the nationalist father of the nation.

Photo credit: File “Secondly, eight mobile information units are required to be used for the purposes of taking information on government policies and achievements to the people in the countryside.