Moses Kuria, the man in the eye of a storm

Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria. [File, Standard]

Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria is not afraid to skate on thin ice.

Just this week, Kuria has found himself on leading pages of local dailies, not for getting his ministry or act together, but attacking the media with unprintables.

The Trade CS on Tuesday continued with his erratic, divisive, and downright reckless offensive tweets directed at the media despite suffering blowback from various stakeholders and netizens.

The CS, who has been a topped Twitter Trends this week, took to the social media platform to extend his uncouth sentiments attacking the media stable.

"Good morning Kenyans. Have a splendid day. From a brothel on Kimathi Street," he tweeted on Tuesday, June 20.

The former lawmaker is not new to controversy. He dances and skirts around trouble.

Exactly a month ago, the government moved to avert a possible diplomatic tiff with Sudan following a remark by Kuria which appeared to suggest that the military should invade the country.

Kuria tweeted that the African Union should marshal a strong army to 'bomb' Khartoum to act as a lesson to other countries, arguing, "Appeasement does not pay off."

"The Sudan lesson is simple. The community of nations should militarily invade any country where armies overthrow the government," he said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Singoei was forced to step in and clear the air terming Kuria's comment as personal views and that they in no way represent the position of the government.

In late February this year, Kuria who also served as Gatundu South MP in the previous regime, was caught in a storm with the management of China Square - a retail market at Kenyatta University UniCity Mall.

The store was forced to close down after the Trade CS launched an attack, saying that foreign investors had set an unhealthy competition for small-scale traders in Kenya.

However, the issue was resolved after a series of meetings and engagements between Kenyan government officials and the Chinese Community in Kenya.

Kuria's acerbic tongue also left many in awe, not more than three months after being appointed a Cabinet Secretary.

This time, he took the Genetically Modified (GMO) food debate by the horns, literally. He would again go off with uninvited comments.

"By just being in this county, you are a candidate for death. And because there are so many things competing to kill you, there is nothing wrong with adding GMO to that list," the CS stated during a live broadcast.

Talk of being a guest of the State. The 51-year-old has seen several walls of police stations as a result of his verbal and controversial remarks.

It is not lost on us how he nearly caused clashes in his constituency back in 2015 when he incited youth in the area to 'slash' politicians opposed to the NYS projects.

The same year saw Kuria arraigned in court for hate speech, not to forget he was the most vocal leader among the infamous 'Pangani six' politicians, who at the time were arraigned before a Nairobi law court for hate speech.

Who can forget what Kuria said after the body of the former Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Information and Technology manager Chris Msando was discovered next to the corpse of a woman in a forest off Waiyaki way?

But, the question lingering on many people's minds now is whether his recent attack on media could be the straw that broke the camel's back. We wait.