Kenya's Trending Topics on September 20, 2018

Politicians were on Thursday exposed for their repetitive lies by Kenyans who seemed fed up with unfulfilled political promises labelling them as scams.

Netizens called out the politicians including President Uhuru Kenyatta and top members of his administration over projects that have remained on paper despite numerous assurances that they would be completed.

Here are some of the posts that were shared on the top trending hashtag #CommonScamsIKnow.

 

Commentators online also shared common lies that people often tell each other in everyday life situations using the hashtag.

Others shared excerpts from text messages commonly used by fraudsters to con unsuspecting members of the public. 

Others also called out corporate entities associated with promotions that the commentators deemed to be exploitative of the consumers.

Here are more posts that were shared on the hashtag.

 

 #TaxVoteKE/ #FinanceBill2018/ Parliament/ John Mbadi/ Duale/ Ayes/ Muturi

The trending hashtags and topics took Twitter by storm on Thursday as members of the public followed Parliament proceedings for the afternoon.

The National Assembly turned chaotic as Members of Parliament (MPs) rioted within the chambers of the House.

The MPs were expected to debate and vote on the VAT proposal by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

 

 Evans Kidero/ Muthaiga/ EACC

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero trended on Thursday after he was arrested for the second time by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) investigators.

Here are some of the comments that were shared.

 

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