Former President Uhuru Kenyatta back on Twitter after three-year hiatus

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has made a social media comeback three years after suspending his accounts.

He has now resurfaced with a new handle, '@4thPresidentKE' on Twitter with its main content being his peace mission in DRC.

H.E. (Rtd) Uhuru Kenyatta, Facilitator of the East African Community (EAC)- led Nairobi Peace Process arrives for the official opening of the Third Inter-Congolese Consultations of the Nairobi Peace Process, the political track, Nairobi III at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi County. pic.twitter.com/mgSyXTVCXl

— Office of the 4th President of Kenya🇰🇪 (@4thPresidentKE) November 28, 2022

Uhuru had deactivated his accounts in March 2019 citing the intriguing and the endless trolls he had received over the years.

“You see I left Twitter and other social media sites because I saw they are full of insults and nothing constructive. You sit there reading the comments instead of sleeping. ‘Oh, what have they said?

“They make calls asking people to see how the trolls have attacked. I would rather sleep or talk to my wife," Uhuru said during an interview in 2020.

However, the former State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita said that Uhuru had exited social media since there were "unauthorized" individuals with access to his accounts.

"All official social media handles for the President have been temporarily suspended to allow for the necessary remedial measures to be undertaken," Waita said.