Kenya's Trending Topics on April 23, 2018

Kenyans were on Monday involved in a discussion concerning the Devolution Conference in Kakamega that will be headlined by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Under the hashtag #DevCon2018 and the topic "Kakamega", frustrated delegates called out the organisers for poor planning that caused delays with registration on the first day of the conference.

Here are some of the posts that were shared.

President Kenyatta and the former Prime Minister were scheduled to deliver keynote addresses during the official opening of the week-long event.

The 2018 devolution conference would be the fifth such event that has been held in the counties to give an opportunity for the 47 county governments to showcase the best of their jurisdictions and foster collaboration.

The Kakamega edition of the annual event was held on the theme: "Sustainable, productive, effective and efficient governments for results delivery."

Here are some more comments that were shared on the subject.

Machakos/ AFC Leopards

Machakos county was trending on Monday as football fans discussed a match between AFC Leopards and the Kariobangi Sharks that was scheduled for April 25 at the county's Kenyatta Stadium.

Organisers of the match, Kenyan Premier League (KPL) informed the public that the Kenyatta stadium had been closed by the county government and the match moved to the Thika Sub-county stadium with kick off at 2 pm.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

AFC Leopard also trended after SportPesa relaunched sponsorship of the team and the KPL after withdrawing support in 2017.

Mlolongo

The topic continued to trend on Monday as netizens discussed the accident that killed four Gor Mahia fans at Mlolongo area along Mombasa Road.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

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