Kenyans were on Friday engaged in various heated discussions revolving around the day's trending topics. Here are some of the subjects that excited social media users.
The subject quickly rose to the top of the trendings topics on Twitter after WhatsApp crashed with users experiencing difficulties sending and receiving messages for close to one hour.
As is custom, Kenyans on Twitter had thoughts to share on the topic with a number of them assigning blame to the National Super Alliance (NASA).
The outage was experienced by the App's users globally and has not been explained yet as the developers do not have a page to give users information when such a crisis occurs.
WhatsApp's official Twitter account which should post when they experience problems remained silent regarding the issue.
Social media user, @king_luth3r, tweeted: "We downplayed the Resistance Movement. WhatsApp is down. #whatsappdown."
Glad to have been aware of the blackout, @Am_Bronze tweeted: "Lol someone just uninstalled and installed back their whatsapp. Thank God for Twitter, info saves you from lots of unnecessary frustration."
Other netizens took the opportunity to share some humorous posts. @cliftonsohero remarked: "Is Whatsapp down for iPhones ama ?? Juu dem flani hapa anatumia Infinix na ana blue tick tuwatu...itabidi tumenuna hizo generator."
Here are some more comments that were shared.
The topics were trending after Members of Parliament (MP) from NASA-affiliate parties released a list of companies and manufacturers that their supporters should boycott.
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The topic was among the top trends after former NTV journalist Wallace Kantai was officially announced as the new Head of Communications at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
The appointment of Kantai, who is a former Business Editor at Nation Media Group, was announced on Friday by the Bank regulator.
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The national football team trended on Friday after a friendly match scheduled to take place in Machakos County on November 14 against the Zambian team was unexpectedly cancelled.
Football enthusiasts sought to know why the match had been scrapped off. However, Football Kenya Federation (FKF) CEO Robert Muthomi inadequately stated that the challengers could not travel to Kenya.
"It's unfortunate that Zambia will not be able to honor the friendly due to what we have understood to be logistical issues around the team's travel.
"As such we have been forced to cancel the friendly and are already looking elsewhere for an alternative," he explained.
