President Kenyatta’s Online Warriors Successfully Deploy Twitter To Alert Airport Inferno; President Uhuru Kenyatta’s online warriors successfully deployed Twitter handles to alert the world of a vicious that gutted the capital’s main airport, underscoring the president’s seriousness in digitalizing his ranks. Cabinet Secretary Francis Kimemia, Interior Principal Secretary Mutea Iringo, the Kenya Red Cross, and the National Disaster Operation Centre gave live updates, most of which were directly picked by the local and international media, saving them enough time to coordinate state response than talking to the press. Thumbs up to all the firefighters at #JKIA . PS # Mutea Pres @ukenyatta CS # Lenku and @F_Kimemia were amazed by how you handled the situation. State Director of New Media, Digital and Diaspora Affairs, Dennis Itumbi, true to his job description, coordinated information from various sources, painting a picture of a government that has realized the importance of digital media. #JKIAFire — Dennis Itumbi (@OleItumbi) Although upstaged, journalists welcomed the effective use of the official Twitter handles, some saying Kenyatta has displayed his suaveness with digital matters, which was a key plank in his campaign that walloped Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the March 4 polls. The mysterious fire razed though Jomo Kenyatta’s International Airport (JKIA) international arrivals lounge, prompting immediate shut- down of East Africa’s largest transport hub, thus diverting flights to regional cities and towns. Meanwhile as fire detectives scoured the smouldered debris and smoke- blackened behemoth, the social media choked with speculations over the cause of the inferno that comes as the country is clamped by sizzling post-poll temperatures.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:00:03 +0000
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