Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria is on the receiving end of kenyans anger after calling nation media(NTV) journalists Malaya ( prostitutes) for their investigative piece on the oil scandal.

PHOTO | COURTESY Moses Kuria

Kwa wale malaya wa Agha Khan pale Nation Centre. You can still advertise auctioneers and funeral announcements. We will not stop those

Speaking in Embu on Sunday, Kuria said: “I want to tell Nation Media, you need to choose whether you are a newspaper, broadcasting house or an opposition party. From today, not even tomorrow, if any government department advertises with Nation Media, know you are on your way home.”

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Details emerge of how oily individuals pocketed about KES. 6B in a controversial government deal; it began with a Cabinet approval for the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC), to import duty-free 125,000 metric tons of edible oil#NTVWeekendEdition @ItsBrianObuya pic.twitter.com/yHLvJXzMqE

These remarks came after national media ran a piece exposing his ministry's involvement in the oil scandal. Kuria, who was not pleased with the report, vowed to fire any government official who would advertise with the national media group accusing them of being in the opposition.

Message is Clear pic.twitter.com/cLfrWbEYg4

The Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) and the Kenya Editors' Guild have reacted angrily to Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria's recent comments on local media.

PHOTO | COURTESY Moses Kuria

“We would wish to remind Mr Kuria that he is now a Cabinet Secretary whose actions and utterances should promote a positive image of Kenya as a nation. In line with tenets of leadership and integrity law. His reactions to media reports regarding one of the many scandals that have hit Kenya Kwanza administration within a span of 10 months are not only an embarrassment to Kenyans, but a confirmation that his stomach is full and can belch and eventually vomit on the shoes of hungry Kenyans with impunity,” the journalists’ union said.

KEG sought an unconditional apology from the Trade and assurances from President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza administration that Kuria's opinions do not represent government policy.