The silent divisions between officials working in the Presidency on Wednesday played out in the cameras after State House Secretary of Digital and Innovation Dennis Itumbi was chased away from the VIP podium at the Bomas of Kenya.
Itumbi had in the past been a key aide to President Uhuru Kenyatta but has in the recent past been working for Deputy President William Ruto.
However, his favor among President Kenyatta's team appears to have faded as he has taken a more active role in Ruto's media team.
On Wednesday, Presidential guards were seen kicking out Itumbi from the Presidential podium where he had been standing behind Ruto.
In a rather humiliating incident, one of the guards went as far as to physically assist the blogger from the VIP podium.
The State House official is currently facing a criminal case in which he is accused to have authored a fake letter raising allegations of an attempt by senior government officials to assassinate the deputy president.
