Hours after assuming power, the self declared ‘Digital Team’ of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto have launched presidential Twitter and Facebook accounts and a new account for the presidential press service (PPS).
The @StateHouseKenya account, created yesterday morning, had 3,000 followers by today, including president Uhuru Kenyatta, while the Facebook page had just under 18,000 followers.
The audience could be attributed to Kenyatta’s own Tweet introducing the two accounts, where he asked his over 156,000 followers on Twitter and 486,500 followers on Facebook to follow.
Good Morning. Our work begins now.
Kindly follow @https://twitter.com/statehousekenya“>statehousekenya and like the State House FB page https://t.co/O902pUrwA0 title=”https://www.facebook.com/StateHouseKenya”>facebook.com/StateHouseKenya.
Stay Connected.— Uhuru Kenyatta (@UKenyatta) https://twitter.com/UKenyatta/status/321868139086376960“>April 10, 2013
@StateHouseKenya follows only three accounts, namely the president, deputy president and the presidential press service account @PPSKenya, also launched yesterday.
On the State House Facebook page pictures of yesterday’s inauguration and after party, were posted, eliciting various opinions from followers.
On the Twitter page only two posts exist, including Kenyatta’s inaugural speech and a retweet of Deputy President’s post on his account.
Good morning Kenya. Together lets walk the journey of building this great country.
— William Samoei Ruto (@WilliamsRuto) https://twitter.com/WilliamsRuto/status/321861690444636160“>April 10, 2013
Since the launch of the presidential press service account there has yet to be a post, with the account following major local and international stations as well as the president, his deputy and US president Barack Obama.
