'Daily Ruto / Daily Sugoi had to say this today! Smear campaign for DP Ruto continues! Fighting someone through githeri media is a strategy that will never work in Kenya. On Monday morning Twitter was ablaze with attacks against the publication with a section of netizens advising the publication to officially change its name to 'Daily Ruto' under the hashtag #DailyNationPropaganda. 'This might raise questions about his suitability for high office, and up the ante in the now open feud with President Kenyatta that has divided the ruling Jubilee Party down the middle,' reads an excerpt from the Wanga's article. 'While the DP struggles to extricate himself from the murky saga, he will be acutely aware that a reputation already tarnished by allegations of rampant corruption has taken another terrible hit. The Monday story, authored by Justus Wanga, stated that the DP had fallen out of favour with his boss with the military equipment scandal in which Echesa was implicated threatening to further strain the relationship between the two - that was once was described as bromance by the news media. Ruto's response on Twitter was a string of laughter emojis which was followed by several attacks against the respected publication from several of his allies.

The previous day's paper had also run a cover story of DP Ruto titled 'Man Under Siege' and illustrated with an image of the DP surrounded by some of his seemingly troubled close allies among them former Sports CS Rashid Echesa.

On the night of Sunday, February 23, the publication shared the cover page of its Monday, February 24 issue with the headline 'Making of a Breakup' with an image of President Uhuru Kenyatta shaking hands with Ruto. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) was forced to intervene after an online uproar erupted against Daily Nation's back-to-back Deputy President William Ruto cover stories.

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