Kenya's Trending Topics on January 31, 2018

Kenyans were on Wednesday engaged in heated discussions around the Opposition's swearing-in ceremony that took place on January 30.

Using the hashtags #RailaSwearingIn and #NASAOathDay, netizens continued to share hilarious reactions including one alleging that NASA had spent Sh175 on former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's swearing-in.

Here is the post that was shared concerning the amount used to swear in Mr Odinga.

Here are some comments that were shared in the post.

President Uhuru Kenyatta's November 28, 2017, swearing-in ceremony cost Sh300 Million, an amount Chief of Staff, Joseph Kinyua, termed "modest and only adequate."

The former PM arrived at Uhuru Park shortly after 2 p.m. in the afternoon and took the oath immediately after Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho announced that he had arrived.

The oath to become the people's President was administered in the presence of lawyers Miguna Miguna and T. J. Kajwang' (Ruaraka MP).

Some netizens who commented on the subject shared hilarious memes concerning the swearing-in as they sought to understand the way forward.

Here are more comments that were shared.

Kalonzo Musyoka

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka was a trending topic on Wednesday after his Karen home was allegedly attacked with a grenade-like object at night after former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was sworn in.

Police investigators who responded to the former Vice President's distress call found that the object was a stun grenade as they sought to establish who may have thrown it inside the compound.

Here are some comments that were shared on Twitter.

National Resistance Movement

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) wing of the NASA coalition trended on Wednesday as Kenyans on Twitter processed the gazette notice by Interior CS Fred Matiang'i declaring the group as a criminal gang.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

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