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<\/div>Former Citizen TV news anchor Hussein Mohamed has said he believes in Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s hustler movement just like a majority of Kenyans.\n<\/p>\n
While accepting his new role, Hussein said he shares the hustler story and the bottom-up economic model being pushed by DP Rutu under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI share with the hustler story and so do the majority of Kenyans.\u00a0Nothing gives me more pleasure than being part of this team that is driving a paradigm shift in our politics and ultimately, governance from top-down, to bottom-up,\u201d Hussein tweeted. <\/p>\n
Hussein thanked Ruto for appointing him to head his presidential campaign’s communication ahead of the August 9 election.\n<\/p>\n
Ruto on Monday named the former Citizen Television talk show host as his presidential campaigns Head of Communications.<\/p>\n
Ruto took to his official Twitter handle to announce that the former anchor had joined the Hustler Nation movement.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cRenowned TV journalist has been appointed Head of Communications in the William Ruto Presidential Campaign. Welcome to the Hustler team,\u201d DP Ruto wrote on his Twitter.\n<\/p>\n
The appointment comes a day after Ruto bagged ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi and his Ford Kenya counterpart Moses Wetangula ahead of the August 9 polls. <\/p>\n
In 2019 Hussein was awarded the \u2018Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear, MBS, by President Uhuru Kenyatta for his distinguished service to the nation in his capacity as a journalist.\n<\/p>\n
Hussein quit TV in October 2019 after a stellar career spanning close to 10 years to concentrate on “other matters”.\n<\/p>\n
“It has been a wonderful 10 years at Citizen TV. I have enjoyed and relished every moment I shared with my colleagues at RMS,\u201d he announced on Twitter.\n<\/p>\n
Before his resignation, Mohamed hosted News Night, where he mostly interviewed politicians on prime time news every Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n
Hussein has interviewed President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga among other top politicians in the country. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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