This archive report was first published on 27 November 2019.
On November 27, 2019, a video of President Kenyatta's bodyguard removing Jubilee digital strategist Dennis Itumbi from the main dais during the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report at Bomas of Kenya went viral.
According to the (https://www.facebook.com/DailyNation/videos/2470538936502518/) shared by Daily Nation, Itumbi was seen shaking hands with another person behind where Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto, and ODM leader Raila Odinga were seated.
A security official dressed in a grey suit then approached Itumbi and asked him to leave the main dais, but he appeared to resist, choosing to take the opposite direction. A few seconds later, the bodyguard was seen forcefully pushing Itumbi out of the main podium.
It is not clear why Itumbi, who identifies himself as Secretary of Digital, Innovation, and Diaspora Communications at State House, was ejected from the dais.
Itumbi later took to social media, claiming his ejection was a case of mistaken identity.
"I had a beautiful moment as I left Bomas a few moments ago...with the Deputy Escort Commander, State House who kept telling me, we know you are NOT Dennis Itumbi but his brother...Hahaa! Lucky For me, a colleague saved me... all in a day's Work, a few minutes later he was clearing the road for me…" he wrote.
