He gave no deadline to this, allowing Kenyans all the time that they would need to collect evidence to build a strong argument.
Veteran radio presenter, Alex Mwakideu on Monday morning, October 21 challenged Kenyans to provide evidence that he was paid to air out success stories on Indian conglomerate Adani Group on radio and through social media.
Mwakideu who took to his social media platforms denied allegations first fronted by Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)-Adani deal whistleblower Nelson Amenya and invited Kenyans to dig into his social media and listen to his show on Radio 47 to produce any evidence linked to the same.
To motivate them further, the renowned radio personality vowed that he would offer a cash reward of Ksh1 million to any Kenyan who could prove Amenya’s allegations. He gave no deadline to this, allowing Kenyans all the time that they would need to collect evidence to build a strong argument.
“I don’t know who posted this but I hear anaitwa Nelson Amenya. Check all my social media pages, and listen to Radio 47. If you see anywhere that Alex Mwakideu has defended Adani in any way, I will give you Ksh1 million cash money. This offer has no timeliness, so take your time. All the best!” Mwakideu’s post read.
A collage of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) (background), Chairman of Adani Group Gautam Adani and Nelson Amenya. /VIRAL TEA KE
He insisted that he had never been paid by the Indian firm and would never want to be, reiterating that the reports were false.
“This is just to let you know once again that all those Adani rumours are false. I have not been paid by Adani, nor do I want to be paid by them. As for me and my house, we shall reject Adani. Have a lovely day,” Mwakideu stated.
His statements came after Amenya for the better part of this weekend went on another tirade against Adani, this time making serious allegations that Mwakideu was paid by a marketing company in Kenya alongside other influencers in a calculated scheme to have them sanitise Adani’s image in Kenyan’s minds.
According to the whistleblower, the goal was for Mwakideu to say good things about Adani via radio. Amenya rallied Kenyans to understand that he was being paid to do so.
“Alex Mwakideu has been paid by (marketing company) to paint Adani in good light on radio. If you hear him talking like he’s trying to defend Adani, just know he’s in on the deal. I’ll update you on the strategy they’re using shortly, even in mainstream media,” Amenya claimed.
He went further to promise Kenyans that he would be providing more details on how Adani is using the strategy to change Kenyans’ view on Adani writing, “I will fill you guys in on the strategy they are using in a few even on MSM.”
Mwakideu is not the only high-profile influencer that Amenya has accused of being on the payroll to sanitise Adani group dealings in Kenya. On Sunday, Amenya posted on his social media that the CEO of the marketing company in Kenya had revealed an elaborate strategy to market the Indian company in good light in the next three months in unconfirmed leaked company emails.
“Leaked emails from the CEO reveal an elaborate strategy to sanitize Adani interests in Kenya for the next 3 months, he even goes ahead and says there are 4 more Adani projects in the pipeline (one of them is Mombasa port),” he wrote.
He also alleged that there he was also privy to the company working on an impending documentary on Adani writing, “I learnt that they were sending a journalist to India to do a documentary on Adani but statehouse stopped it, this journalist interviewed me at some point too.”
By the time of publishing this story, the marketing firm had yet to respond to the claims. On October 15, Amenya was barred from publishing content linking Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot to the deal until a hearing was made concerning a defamation case the Kericho Senator had filed.
