A video that has since gone viral has shown popular journalist Salim Swaleh who resigned from his job to join government pleading with President Ruto after being fired from the government job.
The former News Anchor at NTV resigned from NTV to join Government under the office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi as the Director of the Press Service.
However, Swaleh was arrested alongside other high-ranking officials within the ministry in June this year on allegations that he was involved in a Ksh5.8 million scandal and accused of renting their offices as spaces for unscrupulous business people to conduct illegal dealings.
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It’s due to these unfortunate events that Swaleh decided to record a video crying for help from President William Ruto to intervene and save him from the scandal that he claims has thrown him off his feet.
“Good morning your excellency, I hope this video finds you well. I decided to record this video because I have looked for you for the last couple of weeks but I could not reach you. I send several people to talk to you but I have not received any feedback.”
According to the journalist, since he was arrested, the extortion against him involving lawyers and police officers had increased while the case filed against him was moving at a slow pace hence frustrating him more.
“Your excellency, you know you have been my father figure for the longest time that I have known you. We have built an unmatched trust between us and for the last one and half years, I served you with unmatched zeal.”
“I broke the trust, I did and I am so sorry about it. I am truly remorseful about it and the last one month has been so difficult for me. I have been unable to walk out because of the kind of publicity and the things people said about me just threw me into uncharted territory.”
Since the arrest was made and his case commenced, Swaleh noted that his salary was stopped affecting him in terms of loan repayment among other bills. As a result, Swaleh appealed for the case to be fast tracked so that he can move on with his life.
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“I lost everything in a blink of an eye but moreso the court process. Every time we go there, everybody is on my neck, lawyers are on my neck, police are on my neck and everybody is extorting me left, right and center. They think I have a lot of money.”