Ruto's Team Disowns a Letter on Payment of Sh13.7 Million to Five Twitter Influencers

President-elect William Ruto's communication team has disowned a letter purportedly approving the payment of millions of shillings to Twitter influencers. 

Hussein Mohammed, the head of communications for Ruto's campaign secretariat, termed the letter as a desperate attempt by "masters of forgeries".

"Desperation; by the masters of forgeries and lies!" Mohammed said through Twitter.

The fake letter circulating on social media showed payments approved to five Twitter influencers for online services rendered between August 9th and August 22nd.

It claimed to have been authored by Mohammed and addressed to the UDA Finance Director Daniel Rotich to make payments in tens of thousands of dollars to social media influencers.

The amount approved for payment to the five bloggers totaled US dollars 114,643 (Sh13.7 million).