Post, delete... repeat! Trade CS Moses Kuria's goofy fingers and controversial Twitter rants

This was after he tweeted on Sunday opining that the only solution to end the crisis is to have the African Union (AU) commission troops to bomb Khartoum, Sudan's capital.

"The Sudan lesson is so simple. The community of nations should militarily invade any country where armies overthrow the government. Appeasement does not pay off. Military juntas do not become democrats because of the false principle of noninterference," he wrote.

"The AU can marshal a strong enough army to bomb Khartoum to smithereens."

Kuria's utterances sparked an immediate outrage from tweeps, most questioning his mental soundness and even more chastising him for the perceived insensitive remarks.

The government's quick rebuttal, through Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'oei, disowned Kuria's comments and clarified that he made the remarks in a personal capacity and was not speaking on behalf of the State.

"The personal views expressed by Moses Kuria do not represent government policy in this complex and challenging issue. We continue to work with all parties towards a peaceful resolution of the Sudan Crisis," PS Sing'oei wrote on Twitter.

At the time of Sing'oei's reply, CS Kuria had already pulled down his tweet, but there were screenshots plastered all over the bird app.

This was not the first time CS Kuria has been caught in the crosshairs for remarks made through his socials as he has repeatedly made what many consider careless and reckless rants which he then deletes afterwards. 

It is increasingly becoming clearer that the Trade CS cannot tame his 'goofy fingers', and the abrasive remarks that come out of this have always birthed bigger ramifications.

At the height of the wrangles between the opposition and government, just 24 hours before the first nationwide protests, Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina shared his sentiments regarding the plain division in the nation.

"Let's split Kenya into two...why not?" he wrote.

CS Kuria made haste into responding to the statement with a rather abusive remark.

"Start with splitting your balls into two for better ventilation," said the CS.

Senator Olekina rebutted saying: "At least mine function!"

The fiery word exchange ended with the Senator's reply and yet again, CS Kuria pulled down his tweet.

A week later, on March 27, when the opposition staged another nationwide protest, a team of goons raided a Kenyatta family-owned land along the Eastern Bypass and breached the fence.

The incident which occurred at around 12:00 pm was followed by a tweet from the CS, 30 minutes later, posing an intriguing statement in Kikuyu dialect referring to a lump sum amount of land. He wrote "Maguta Maguta" a popular with land sellers to loosely mean, prime property. 

Kuria was also quick to delete the tweet which had Kenyans fire their guns at him thereafter.

On April 29, at 00:43 hours, the CS yet again suffered a finger glitch and tweeted that the frustrations among Kenyans sparked by the protests will see a 'Lee Harvey Oswald' incident, hypothetically referring to an assassination. 

Oswald was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated the 35th U.S. president, John F. Kennedy.

"Kutatokea mtu mmoja kwa hizi maandamano angry about disruption of livelihoods halafu. LEE HARVEY OSWALD," he wrote.

In a similar fashion to his known deeds, he withdrew the tweet and moved on like nothing happened.

Away from the political muddle, Kuria was also recently censured for exposing the personal information of the owner of a Chinese-owned retail shop, China Square Limited, when there was a tiff between the enterprise and the government.

CS Kuria said that he was willing to help the owner of the embattled retail shop to set up a manufacturing plant in Kenya, however posting images of the owner's personal passport details. He later deleted the post.

A number of leaders have also chimed into the talks against the reckless remarks by the CS, urging him to learn to tame his words and respect the position he holds as a national leader.