The Presidential Debate Secretariat has announced the moderators of the presidential debate between Kenya Kwanza’s William Ruto and Azimio la Umoja’s Raila Odinga that is slotted for Tuesday, July 26.
In a statement released on Thursday, July 20, the Presidential Debate Secretariat said it had settled on Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara and Eric Latiff of Spice FM.
“The moderators have been selected based on rigorous criteria that abide by among other things the principles of impartiality, fairness and objectivity, a strong understanding of the Kenyan political landscape and the major issues with this election,” Infotrak revealed.
The debate between Raila and Ruto will be second after the first one which will feature candidates who have polled less than 5 per cent in the three recent opinion polls the secretariat said.
Those who polled less than 5 per cent including George Wajackoya or Roots Party and David Mwaure of Agano will be moderated by Smirti Vidyarthi of NTV and Ken Mijungu of KTN News.
The Secretariat also reported that panel discussions for both debates will be moderated by Joe Ageyo of NTV.
