Nairobi, Aug. 11 -- The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Kura) Director-General, Silas Kinoti, is facing a Sh5.2 million court claim over the management of his X (formerly Twitter) account and related services, including influencer promotion.

The defendant, Eugene Mokua, has counterclaimed the amount in a suit filed by Mr Kinoti seeking recovery of the X account credentials.

Mr Mokua says Mr Kinoti owes him the money for nine months of account management, social media promotion, news publications, a tender application, Uber transport, and other expenses incurred while working for him.

Court papers show the deal was concluded through WhatsApp exchanges, in which the parties agreed about the management of Kinoti's X account, though Mr Kinoti...