Kenyans on social media were on Friday engaged in heated discussions on various topics of the day.
Here is why these topics were trending:-
Collins Injera's all time top scorer record was on Friday broken at the Hong Kong 7s League by England 7s International, Dan Norton.
This topic began trending after the IEBC announced that party nominations shall be conducted between 13th and 26th April, 2017 and list of nominees submitted to IEBC by 10th May, 2017.
This was seen as a blow to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party which had vowed to begin nominations tomorrow, April 8 despite a warning by IEBC.
ODM supporters and critics jumped on to this hashtag to launch attacks at one another.
Jemimah Sumgong, the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic Marathon Gold medal, was the topic of discussion after news emerged that she had failed a drug test.
Sumgong, who tested positive for EPO (Erythropoietin), now risks losing her titles as the winner of the London, Rotterdam and Las Vegas Marathons, as well as runner-up at the Boston, Chicago and New York City Marathons.
Online users expressed mixed reactions to the news.
Online users used this topic to discuss the doping allegations against Olympic Gold Medalist Jemima Sumgong.
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Pay-TV broadcaster Super Sport terminated a multimillion shilling sponsorship deal with the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) due to breach of contract on Friday.
Football lovers and concerned citizens alike took to social media to give their opinions on the matter using the hashtag.
Online users debated whether officials of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the KPL should be reprimanded over the terminated Super Sport deal.
The Court of Appeal on Friday ruled to repeal the law that allowed the use of breathalysers to arrest drivers, declaring that it was unconstitutional. The ruling sparked heated discussions on social media.
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The High Court ruled that presidential results announced at constituency tallying centres would be final, and cannot be changed at the national tallying centre.
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The people of Rwanda begun marking 100 days of mourning remembering the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The 23rd commemoration trended under the hashtag #Kwibuka23. Kwibuka loosely translated means 'remember'.
