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CNN to air Uhuru’s ‘explosive’ interview tonight

President Uhuru Kenyatta with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour during the recording of the interview. PHOTO | COURTESY

The vaunted interview between president Uhuru Kenyatta and CNN’s Christiane Amanpour will air tonight, Friday at 9pm Kenyan time, according to State House.

The time was communicated by the State House Senior Director in charge of Digital Communications Dennis Itumbi.

 

 

Don't miss @PresidentKE interview with @camanpour on @CNN at 9pm (Kenyan Time)tonight, Friday 20th May 2018. #CHOGM2018 pic.twitter.com/bxJhHF0NOr

— Dennis Itumbi, HSC (@OleItumbi) April 20, 2018

The president’s team has been bullish since the interview was recorded on Wednesday.

The Chief of Staff in the Office of The President Nzioka Waita announced an upcoming interview his boss, terming the “hottest interview”.

For anyone keen to watch the hottest ??? interview on tv … be sure to tune in to @cnn for the next installment of @camanpour Amanpour.Where she has a wide ranging interview with @UKenyatta …

— Nzioka Waita (@NziokaWaita) April 17, 2018

Amanpour is an hour-long interview programme on CNN international. It is named after its host Christiane Amanpour who boasts of having brought to her set innumerable heads of states and governments as well as other world leaders.

Mr Nzioka said it was a “wide-ranging” interview. President Kenyatta is in London, UK for a weeklong state visit.