As April Fools day rolled over, Kenyans got creative with pranks to fool friends and strangers alike.
The day which is celebrated every year in April gives people a free license to lie in good faith.
Kenyans.co.ke has compiled some of the impressive pranks that people fell for.
Leading telecommunications provider Safaricom through their social media announced that they were launching AI home assistant to rival Amazon's Alexa.
"As we continue to position ourselves as leaders in technology, Safaricom Home is excited to launch an innovative new Home Assistant technology - SASA By Safaricom," the company wrote.
[caption caption="Safaricom's 'SASA' device"]
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With Sasa, Kenyans would be able to give commands using Kiswahili and Sheng as it comes with an intelligent algorithm that studies and learns your accentuations, so it can understand the way you naturally pronounce words.
Every purchase of the device would also come with a free 50" television set.
Kenyans were excited by the news with some already asking how much it would retail at.
"For real? How much will it be retailing at?" one user asked.
A techie was already thinking of ways he could modify the product once purchased
"Great. I hope it's open source. People like us wanna buy it to add our own code. I have built several bots," he stated.
However, at midday, Safaricom clarified that it was a prank clarifying that the device was not real.
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A fictitious publication by the name 'Tanzanian Times' alleged that Mount Kilimanjaro has been reverted back to Kenya.
"The International Court of Justice (ICJ) sitting in The Hague, The Netherlands, has made a dramatic ruling that Mt. Kilimanjaro in the United Republic of Tanzania, immediately revert back to the Republic of Kenya, and immediately become Kenyan territory," the newspaper read in part.
Another publication stated that President Uhuru Kenyatta had appointed Raila Odinga as the new vice president moving Deputy President William Ruto to the Ministry of Defence.
"I have appointed my brother here Raila Odinga to replace Ruto who is now the minister of defense. We believe Kenya needs such unity in order to move forward," the president is quoted.
[caption caption="A tweet on April Fools"]
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In Murang'a, someone decided to play with Provincial Administration Officer's mind that a body had been exhumed and dumped outside someone's door only for the administrator to learn he has been cheated on April Fool's Day.
