Kenyans were on Thursday angered by government spokesman Eric Kiraithe who delivered a statement on the tragic Solai Dam incident.
A majority of netizens demanded straight answers on the level of government preparedness to combat disasters as well as who was responsible for the faulty dam.
Here are some of the reactions that were shared using the hashtag #Solai.
The two topics trended following the tragic incident that had killed over 40 people by Thursday evening. Sympathy messages were also shared on the trends.
Some commentators were convinced that the floods and the subsequent loss of life were an act of God as punishment for the deaths resulting from the 2017 election violence.
Others conveyed that a change in climate was to blame for the heavy rains and that "mother nature" was striking back.
Others still blamed construction failures for the collapse of the dam asking the government to hold the dam owner responsible for deaths.
Here are some of the comments that were shared.
On the Google search engine, the topic "Subukia Dam" along with other related search topics were the top trending search for the day with over 20,000 hits.
Nairobi's Westlands area trended on Thursday after the market and a number of curio shops at the Triangle curios areas were demolished.
Traders from both markets conveyed that they had not been informed but were, however, looking forward to being allocated new premises to conduct their businesses.
Here are some posts that were shared.
Ndakaini dam trended on Friday as Kenyans discussed the new task force set up to find out why the dam was not filling up despite the heavy rains.
Here are some of the comments that were shared.
