Uhuru Kenyatta CNN interview to air on Friday 9pm

CNN's Christiane Amanpour hosts President Kenyatta on her show on April 18, 2018 in London. PHOTO | COURTESY

The vaunted interview between President Uhuru Kenyatta and CNN’s Christiane Amanpour will air on Friday at 9pm Kenyan time, according to State House.

The time was communicated by the State House Senior Director in charge of Digital Communications Dennis Itumbi.

The president’s team has been bullish since the interview was recorded on Wednesday.

The Chief of Staff in the Office of The President Nzioka Waita announced an upcoming interview his boss, terming the “hottest interview”.

Amanpour is an hour-long interview programme on CNN international.

It is named after its host Christiane Amanpour who boasts of having brought to her set innumerable heads of states and governments as well as other world leaders. 

Mr Nzioka said it was a “wide-ranging” interview.

President Kenyatta is in London, UK for a weeklong state visit.