CS Anne Waiguru to sue the owner of Kenyan Daily Post for defamation
Devolution CS Anne Waiguru has gone to court to compel Google to reveal the owner of Kenyan Daily Post, a local gossip blog, which she accuses of defamation.
However, some people are wondering why Waiguru is going through all that trouble, since the ownership details of Kenyan Daily Post are actually in the public domain. In 2013, the owner of the blog was revealed to be one Timothy Obare Rioba, a Kenyatta University graduate.
Timothy Obare Rioba, The man behind Kenyan Daily Post.
Former radio presenter Caroline Mutoko had also threatened to sue The Kenyan Daily Post owner for defamation after the blog wrote that she was involved in the death of Mutula Kilonzo. She had also threatened to sue Robert Alai who runs another blog called Kahawa Tungu for the same reasons. Its not known why she chickened out
Below is a snapshot of the article that Kenyan Daily Post wrote. The blog claimed that Waiguru had ‘offered herself’ to the former Youth Fund chairman, Gor Semelango, but was turned down.
Kenyan Daily Post article which claimed that CS Waiguru had offered herself to Gor Semelango
The Kenyan Daily Post is ranked among the top 20 websites in Kenya. Its also ranked #21,500 worldwide which is a VERY good rank. According to Website Outlook, the website receives more than 51,000 visitors per day and makes roughly USD 153.21 daily- that’s about Sh 13,000.
The Kenyan Daily Post is hosted and run on the Google Blogger platform
