Kenya's Trending Topics on February 2, 2018

Kenyans were on Friday engaged in heated discussions on social media following the arrest of Miguna Miguna, Nairobi Lawyer and leader of the outlawed National Resistance Movement (NRM).

Majority of commentators who engaged using the hashtag #MigunaMigunaArrested were of the opinion that the government was targetting NASA leaders with the series of arrests.

Netizens went on to speculate that Siaya Senator James Orengo would be next to be arrested after he was pictured alongside former Prime Minister Raila Odinga when he took the oath to become the people's President.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

On Friday morning, the self-proclaimed general sent out a text message noting that police had invaded his compound and were at the time struggling to gain access to his house.

Initially, the police denied involvement in the public claims made by the NRM leader. They, however, later drove him out of the Runda house and he was booked at the Githunguri Police Station.

Former Senator hopeful Edwin Sifuna later conveyed that he, along with other lawyers, had been denied access to their arrested colleague.

Here are more comments that were shared.

We in NASA

The phrase became a trending topic on Twitter on Friday as supporters of the NASA coalition shared their frustrations and their convictions about the current political situation in the country.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

#MediaShutDownKE

A media shut down instituted by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i continued to spark reactions on social media as it entered its fourth day.

Social media commentators shared their various views even as High Court Judge Luka Kimaru granted an application for anticipatory bail to Nation Media Group journalists Linus Kaikai, Larry Madowo and Ken Mijungu.

The topic continued to top the trends after a video of President Uhuru Kenyatta asking journalists to pack up and leave an event where he was speaking went viral.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

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