Kenya's Trending Topics on June 8, 2018

Kenyans on Friday shared mixed reactions over Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua's election petition loss at the Court of Appeal.

Some netizens, however, argued that the governor should have seen it coming following the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Others argued that his recent trip to Kisii county where a bridge collapsed in his presence also portended the unfortunate loss. 

Here are some of the comments that were shared on the topic "Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua" and "Wiper's Wavinya Ndeti".

On the Google search engine, the keywords "Alfred Mutua" emerged as the top trending topic of the day with over 5,000 searches even and was closely followed by searches on Embakasi East Member of Parliment Babu Owino.

Aden Marwa

Kenyan referee Aden Marwa continued to trend on Friday following the emergence of video footage where he was captured receiving what appeared to be a bribe.

A number of commentators shared disappointment over the money he allegedly received as compared to what he would have earned at the World Cup in Russia.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

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