Tangatanga MP Alice Wahome was involved in an altercation with Kieleweke MP Adan Keynan on live interview on Citizen TV and she vowed to boycott the station.
After the noisy argument with Keynan on Citizen TV in June 2021, Wahome accused the station of being partisan and vowed not to honor invites by Royal Media Service (RMS).
However, the Kandara MP returned to Citizen TV almost six months after the altercation that made her vow to boycott the station.
While appearing on Citizen TV on Tuesday morning December 14th, Wahome claimed she held talks with the station’s management to be fair in its broadcast, to stop being partisan and to maintain cordial relationship with Ruto supporters.
Allies of the deputy president have been threatening to boycott Citizen TV for what they term as biased coverage.
It all started in September this year when section of Ruto allies called out Citizen TV for covering chaotic scene in Naromoru where the DP’s convoy was stoned by angry youth.
Politicians allied to Ruto called on his supporters to boycott Citizen TV for reporting on the drama in Naromoru.
The allies claimed Citizen TV was biased and maintained that the report on Naromoru chaos was exaggerated.
In October, Hustler Nation spokesperson Dennis Ole Itumbi lodged another complaint about Citizen TV claiming that the station was giving Ruto unfair coverage in terms of airtime.
Through a tweet, Itumbi accused Citizen TV of not airing any news about Ruto over 30 minutes after prime time news commenced.
“9.37PM, 34 minutes into News, no story on @WilliamsRuto. The Running order @citizentvkenya, decided WsR & #HustlerNation belongs to the filler part of the Bulletin. It is official, CITIZEN is the FOX News of the 2022 Campaign, slanted for @RailaOdinga – Ni sawa. Tupatane MBELE!” Itumbi tweeted.
Fast forward to November, Citizen TV was put to task to explain why Ruto’s allies were not invited to a morning show on the station.
Citizen TV was forced to respond after a viewer accused the station of being biased inviting members only aligned to one political faction during its Morning Daybreak show.
This was after ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, Migori County Woman Rep Pamela Odhiambo, Baringo Woman Representative Gladys Tungo and Mahiri Zaja, Former Vice Chair for the show appeared on the show to talk about political parties.
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