By Our Reporter in Geneva,

Fresh details emerging from a group of individuals who were thrown out of a hotel in Geneva Switzerland who were booked by Kenya’s trade union leader Francis Atwoli as journalist says they were never such and Atwoli lied to Switzerland authorities that they were journalists and he is likely to face a ban in Switzerland.

A senior official of Kenya’s journalism body who never wished to be named said that none of his known member was in Geneva and his organization refused any of its members to accompany Atwoli to Geneva Atwoli “was” not ready to shed some matters in regard to the said trip.

“As Kenya Union of Journalists we could not just release any of our members without tooth combing and since Atwoli was not ready to divulge to us the necessary queries we asked him ,we found it prudent not to allow any of our members to accompany him as he was behaving “cunningly”, did you see our Secretary General making the trip” he asked upon being prodded further.

He called on Atwoli to come out clear and stop tarnishing the image and dignity of Kenya journalists that they were in Geneva yet in real sense no any Kenya journalist accompanied him as most media houses in Kenya affiliated to KUJ refused to release their staff after being asked by KUJ not to do so.

Senior Editors in most leading media houses in Kenya like Royal Media Group, Standard Goop, The People. Nation Media Group and leading radio stations denied ever releasing their staff for the Geneva trip.

“KUJ wrote to us a letter advising us not to release any of our staff as female journalists who we have released previously has always complained of sexual harassment by leading COTU official who behaves like a bull on heat whenever he saw anything in skirt” a source at a leading TV media house in Kenya told us.

Fresh details gathered further reveal that after being turned down by leading media houses in Kenya,Atwoli gathered his street lieutenants and rumor peddlers in most street in Kisumu and Nairobi took undisclosed amount of money from COTU coffers ostensibly for their upkeep in Geneva which he never did as he was bailed out by International Labour Organization in lieu of his allowances.

More drama followed upon Atwoli and his group of “journalists” arrived in Kenyaata press conference at Solidarity house the headquarter of COTU when he introduced a Kenya Political party youth leader based in Kisumu as “a senior and serious journalist” and failed to mention his name for fear of being embarrassed as journalists in the said press conference began murmuring demanding to know who the said journalist is.

“Why should he lie to us about journalists who knows nothing about the profession? I walked out of the said press conference after discovering that Atwoli was taking us for a ride” a senior editor with a leading daily publication said.

Atwoli who has always bragged that most media houses owners are in his pocket have of late been forced to buy spaces for his blubbering vomits after most media houses discovered that he has nothing of substance to say as he keeps on bragging how he gives most senior editors in Kenya handouts more than what they earn.

He is surrounded by old, hungry, illiterate,senile and sluggard lunatics under the guise of his union officials who depends on him for handouts at any given time and these are the same men he uses to milk COTU dry and “tame” visionary young up coming trade union officials.

Efforts to get a comment from Atwoli were fruitless.

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