PRESIDENT UHURU MOURNS AN ALIVE MAN.

President Uhuru Kenyatta today 26th March, left many surprised after sending condolence messages to the family of former State House Comptroller Abraham Kiptanui, who was later confirmed alive.

Without setting their facts straight, the State House went ahead and posted a tweet about President’s Uhuru condolence message to the alive man. The State House stated that President Uhuru has sent his message of condolence to the family of Abraham Kiptanui, comptroller who worked under President Moi.

The condolence message.

On the president’s message to the family of Abraham, he described the former comptroller as “a hardworking Kenyan Patriot who served the country well.”

Uhuru went a head and wished his family God’s comfort as they find peace and strength to move on.

People’s reaction.

These brought uproar online as many started blaming the State House for not verifying news before issuing a statement.

Speaker of Hustler Nation and a famous blogger Dennis Itumbi has also spoken on the same. Through his twitter page, the blogger asked how President Uhuru Kenyatta could mourn someone who is still alive. He posted:

Kenyans on twitter (KOT) also went ahead questioned the State House: How they could not find time to verifying news first before sharing. Frankline Mtetezi and Hellen sent a tweet about the matter.

Other people shared their thoughts on State House’s post before they could delete it: