Kenya's Trending Topics on July 18, 2018

Kenyans were on Thursday excited over a new song released by "Githurai girl" Amani Gracious who impressed online users with her musical talent.

On the trending topic "Amani G", various commentators shared their views on her new hit "Sitasahau (I won't forget)" which was released on Tuesday.

Netizens were also surprised to find out that the song was written by celebrated Gospel musician Pitson.

Here are some posts that were shared.

Chris Kirubi

Nairobi business tycoon Chris Kirubi trended on Twitter on Wednesday after he denied a job to a young job seeker over language.

Kirubi posted a tweet with the message the young man had shared with him and noted: "My young friends, if you want to be taken seriously, you must change the way you communicate".

The young man had pleaded with Kirubi stating: "Nimegraduate but sina job. Plz gimme 5min of ua tym. am lukin 4wrd to ua response. thx. (I have graduated but I don't have a job yet. Please give me five minutes of your time. I am looking forward to your response. Thanks)."

The businessman's reaction caused split reactions on Twitter. Here are a few of those that were shared.

Others took advantage of the moment to submit their own requests making sure to adhere to the rules of formal communication.

On Google's trending topics, "Joseph Kamaru" trended at the top with over 1,000 searches after nominated MP Maina Kamanda made an appeal for medical aid on behalf of the 80-year-old veteran Kikuyu musician.

"Family Bank" also trended on the Google search engine as netizens sought more information on the Ksh20 Million robbery that took place in the bank's Ruiru branch.