Kenyans were on Thursday engaged in a heated discussion over the explanation offered by Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka for missing the January 30 swearing-in ceremony.
Using the top trending hashtag #WhyKalonzoSkippedOath, netizens revisited Kalonzo's past let downs as others suggested that he had doomed his political career.
Here are some of the comments that were shared.
The Wiper party leader was labelled a watermelon during the 2010 Constitutional referendum after failing to declare a stand on whether he supported or opposed it.
He was given the tag by ODM party leader Raila Odinga who has since denied the claim stating that the term referred only to those who opposed constitutional reforms, Kalonzo excluded.
On Tuesday, the wiper leader told reporters that he had failed to attend the NASA inauguration due to security concerns.
"I know there is tension over what happened, Raila took an oath, and I never made it because of understandable circumstances," he stated adding that the State sabotaged all his plans.
"On the eve of the inauguration, Raila decided not to sleep at his place, but I opted to sleep at my place. But on the swearing-in day, the Police took all my bodyguards from my house in Karen, it seemed like a threat," he explained.
Here are more comments that were shared.
Ruaraka Member of Parliament (MP) T. J. Kajwang' was a trending topic on Thursday after he was arraigned in court following his dramatic arrest on Wednesday.
The MP was arrested by flying squad officers at the Milimani Law Courts with some reports indicating that it was connected to the swearing-in of Mr Odinga on January 30.
Here are some of the comments that were shared.
Wife to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Mama Ida Odinga, was a trending topic on Thursday after she revealed the reason why she did not attend her husband's swearing-in.
Mama Ida explained that one of her daughters was taken ill and she had to attend to her. She conveyed that the ailing daughter's condition had improved as a result of the treatment she was receiving.
Here are some comments that were shared.
