MY HOUSEGIRL: Baba's handlers should not let him go public especially in TV interviews

"Mayooo, and he wants to be president?" My house girl screamed, midway watching Raila’s interview with a local station on Youtube. "From all the three or so NDCs he has been to today, you can safely say, compared to Baba and all his public appearances this week (especially that horrible interview), Uhuru is not just an affective communicator, but his communication guys are burning midnight oil and are doing a decent job," she says. She goes on to praise son of Jomo, saying these jubilee guys look more organised.

Hear her: "Why cant Nasa do such things, even if it's just to bamboozle voters. They can't get these disadvantaged people or those with special needs like the blind, crippled, former street boys and others running on Nasa tickets and parade them before speeches? This is what razzmatazz, PR and propaganda is made of. Look, the president could be lying through his teeth and exaggerating his achievements and overpromising this and that, but the message is not just solid and well-thought out but also well executed, complete with a tone and body language that screams the same," she says.

She goes on to add that Baba's handlers should borrow a leaf and not let him go public, especially in controlled environments such as in TV interviews, debates or townhalls until they polish him and equip him with the right, effective message; punchlines and zingers on high cost of living, corruption, tribalism and unemployment; killer comebacks for all Uhuru ‘lies’ and exaggerations and accusations against him and Nasa. "Baba is a podium king, but he really needs to up his game in controlled environments, especially in interviews.

He, at times, has interesting things to say, punchy zingers and all but they always get burried in his own chuckles or under his breath, like why did he mumble gibberish when the interviewer asked how he plans to bring down the cost of living in that interview? Why did he also catch feelings and reprimand the interviewer for seeking clarification and clear answers on that 'one term president' and 'trashed MoUs' bits. I thought those are vital areas that his spin guys ought to have coached him on, because people won't tire to ask about them and how he answers them will go a long way, especially now that he has a dubious reputation for vomiting on MoUs and that fat lie about one term presidency," she says, as she pauses the interview and head to the kitchen to get me porridge.