Kenya's Trending Topics on December 15, 2017

Kenyans were on Friday engaged in various heated discussions on social media following the election of East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) representatives.

Netizens were particularly irked that the Opposition lawmakers did not elect NASA CEO Norman Magaya to the regional Parliament and threatened to withdraw their support.

NASA supporters used strong words to describe what they labelled a betrayal by the Opposition coalition and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party specifically.

Using the tag "Norman Magaya" here are some of the comments that were shared.

Prominent city lawyer Nelson Havi joined those disgruntled by the outcome of the election describing Kenya as a cursed country.

In a tweet that attracted a number of reactions, Mr Havi stated: "Kenya is a cursed Country where great minds like Norman Magaya are discredited and vilified but simpletons are honoured with Head of State Commendation."

The NASA CEO was bypassed in favour of Kennedy Musyoka (Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka's son), Oburu Odinga (former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's brother), Abdikadir Aden and Fatuma Ibrahim.

Commentators also accused the NASA coalition of nepotism due to the fact that two of their newly elected EALA MPs were related to the Opposition leaders.

Here are more comments that were shared.

#StateOfTheJudiciaryKE/ CJ Maraga

Chief Justice David Maraga and the hashtag #StateoOfTheJudiciaryKE trended on Friday as the Head of the Supreme court hosted President Uhuru Kenyatta at the Court's grounds.

CJ Maraga had invited President Kenyatta, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi and Attorney General Githu Muigai to witness the official launch of the State of the Judiciary annual report.

President Kenyatta spoke during the event asking the Chief Justice to get a "tough skin" as he continues to discharge his duties in the court. 

The trending tags were used by journalists to tweet about the main speaking points by the two leaders, along with "Judiciary" and "Supreme Court".

Kiambu MCAs

The Kiambu County Assembly made history on Thursday by passing a motion that all companies within the county should hire 70 percent of its employees from residents of the county.

Some commentators condemned the move and warned that the remaining 46 counties may pass a similar motion, locking out some Kiambu-born residents residing elsewhere.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.