Kenyans were on Thursday engaged in various heated discussions on social media even as Deputy President William Ruto celebrated his 51st birthday.
DP Ruto marked the day in Baringo county where he attended the annual Kimalel Goat Auction during day two of the Baringo Cultural Fair that kicked off on Wednesday.
Netizens were impressed by reports that the DP, President Uhuru Kenyatta and friends had purchased 1,000 goats at the total price of Sh12 Million and paid cash for them.
Here are some of the comments that were shared under the hashtag #KimalelAuction2017.
The DP donated 50 of the goats to Sing'ore Girls High School in Elgeyo Marakwet county that emerged as the top school in the 2017 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.
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The topics continued to trend for the second day after the results of the 2017 KCSE examinations were released by Education CS Fred Matiang'i.
Alliance Girls was lauded by Dr Matiang'i as having been the most improved school of 2017.
On Thursday, social media users shared widely the list of the top 100 schools of the year leading the topic "Top KCSE Schools 2017" to top Google trending searches for the day.
Here are some comments that were shared.
Gatundu South Member of Parliament (MP) Moses Kuria topped the trends on Thursday after calling on his followers to raise funds to help him pay what he termed "child support".
The amount quoted by the legislator was the exact amount the High Court ordered him to pay former Gichugu MP Martha Karua in a defamation suit she won against him.
Here are some of the comments that were shared.
