Govt Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has alleged that certain individuals are using social media platforms such as TikTok to incite military coups across Africa.
Speaking during an interview on NTV on Monday, April 7, 2025, Mwaura declared that the individuals are conducting a ‘silent psychological operation’ in TikTok to fuel coups.
“There is a very deliberate effort; I don’t know where it is coming from, but there is a deliberate effort to indignify certain African leaders to make them look old and corrupt and promote others, especially those with a military orientation, and we need to be very careful about that because maybe somebody somewhere is engineering coups around African countries” he said.
The govt spokesperson’s statement comes days after the COTU boss Francis Atwoli called on the government to regulate social media platforms.
Atwoli cautioned that the action could lead to violence and conflicts such as those witnessed in some African countries.
The COTU boss, therefore, urged the members of the public to reduce negative criticism on the platforms, warning them that it could chase away investors in the country.
“You cannot even go to Goma or other countries engaged in war. Somalia has never had a stable government, and we do not want to take that route. Now, it will force us to tell the government to regulate social media”, Atwoli said.
