Former Citizen Tv anchor Hussein Mohamed had been appointed as the new State House spokesperson.

A statement by the outgoing Chief of Staff Joseph Kinyua said that Hussein will work with David Mugonyi who has been appointed as the Head of the Presidential Communication Service.

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During the presidential campaigns, Hussein was the head of President Ruto’s campaign messaging and public communication.

He also accompanied Ruto on his first international trip to the United States where he made his inaugural speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

Hussein will now replace his former colleague at Citizen Tv Kanze Dena who has was the State House spokesperson during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s second term.

The new appointment comes a day afteri President Ruto issued his first Executive Order outlining the structure of his administration.

In the Executive Order, President Ruto changed the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) to Presidential Communication Service (PCS).

This office will now be under Mugonyi. The deputy to the Office of PSC will be Hussein who will double up as the State House spokesperson.

Mugonyi, a former Nation reporter and head of the parliamentary press unit, joined Dr Ruto’s media team as Deputy President’s spokesman in 2013 when he was first elected Deputy President alongside President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Former President Uhuru established the PSCU and replaced it with the Presidential Press Service (PPS) when he got into power in 2013.

The PPS main duty was to cover the President with the new changes made to improve how the government interacted with the citizenry. Former Presidents Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel Moi, and Mwai Kibaki used the PPS.

Kenya’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Manoah Esipisu was the first holder of the PSCU office.

Esipisu served as Secretary of Communications and also doubled up as State House Spokesperson until 2018.