KURA DG Silas Kinoti sued over X account; manager claims Sh5.2m unpaid
Key points
- KURA Director-General Silas Kinoti wants court orders forcing Eugene Mokua to hand over X account credentials and stop operating it.
- Mokua’s counterclaim: Sh5.2 million unpaid for nine months of social media management, influencers, publications, transport and related costs.
- Kinoti says oral/WhatsApp engagement around June 2025; he claims agreed fee was Sh3 million paid in full after an initial Sh2 million.
- Dispute is before Milimani Commercial Court; Kinoti also seeks a Sh75,000 refund alleged as a project deposit.
A roads boss’s blue tick has become a commercial courtroom file. Kenya Urban Roads Authority Director-General Silas Kinoti is fighting social media manager Eugene Mokua over control of Kinoti’s X account and unpaid fees, Eastleigh Voice reported.
In the Milimani Commercial Court, Kinoti seeks orders compelling Mokua to surrender credentials and stop accessing the account. Mokua has answered with a Sh5.2 million counterclaim for nine months of management, influencer promotion, publications, transport, a tender application and other expenses. Papers cite WhatsApp exchanges dated 17 June 2025. Kinoti says he orally engaged Mokua around June 2025 to create content, engage followers and run day-to-day account activity under his direction, and that authority was revocable. He maintains the agreed fee was Sh3 million, paid in full after an initial Sh2 million, and he also wants a Sh75,000 refund he says was a project deposit. He argues continued access risks the public treating posts as official communications from him and KURA.
Personal brand, public office, private invoice
When a state agency head’s personal social handle mixes official messaging with a private contractor, both transparency and cybersecurity are in play. The court will sort contract terms; ethics offices may still ask who approved the arrangement and from which pocket fees were paid.
Kenya-news desk: Kenya News. Verified parties, shilling figures and court venue from Eastleigh Voice; no final judgment in the same package.
KURA’s board should publish a social-media management policy for executives. Public officers should keep official handles under institutional credentials, not freelancers’ passwords.
Until credentials are secured, every viral post under Kinoti’s name will carry a legal footnote.
Official gazettes, court rulings and agency circulars may update these facts after publication; readers should verify any deadline, fee or court date against primary sources before acting.
Related petitions and EACC files already circling KURA contracts mean this personal social-media dispute will be read against a wider governance backdrop, fairly or not.
Based on Eastleigh Voice court reporting. Claims are pleadings, not proven facts.
