State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed has deleted a post containing a press release on President William Ruto’s planned attendance at the G7 Summit after social media users pointed out an error involving the name of Japan’s Prime Minister.

The deleted statement said President Ruto would hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit, including a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

However, users on X quickly pointed out that Japan’s current Prime Minister is Sanae Takaichi, not Ishiba.

According to the official website of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan, the current administration is the Second Takaichi Cabinet, while recent official updates from June 2026 refer to Prime Minister Takaichi as the head of government.

A June 14, 2026 statement from the United Kingdom government also referred to Japan’s leader as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a meeting in Downing Street.

The post by Hussein Mohamed was later deleted following the online corrections.

The press release had announced that President Ruto would travel to Evian, France, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron to participate in the G7 Leaders’ Summit.

State House said the President would represent Africa and advance the continent’s position on investment, trade, job creation, climate action, digital transformation and reform of the global financial architecture.

The correction drew attention online because the statement concerned a major international engagement involving several world leaders.

The error also raises questions about whether State House communication teams are now relying too heavily on AI tools without counterchecking basic facts before publishing official statements. Large language models are useful, but they are updated periodically and can be wrong on fast-changing information such as current office holders, government appointments, cabinet changes and international leadership transitions.

We have seen this problem before where AI tools continued giving outdated political information long after events had changed, including cases where some systems still described William Ruto using old titles because their data had not caught up with reality.

That is why official communication cannot be reduced to copying AI output, polishing grammar and posting, because when the subject involves diplomacy, presidents, prime ministers and international summits, even one outdated name can embarrass the country.