Social media was on Saturday morning set ablaze with discussions on some of the hottest topics of the day.
Eliud Kipchoge sparked excitement after he ran the fastest marathon in the history of the event on Saturday morning.
Kipchoge finished the race in a time of 2:00:25 in the Nike Breaking 2 Race, a race organised and sponsored by Nike, and aimed at an aim of recording the fastest time of less than 2 hours.
Eliud Kipchoge crosses the line to record the fastest time in marathon history
The new record sparked excitement on Twitter with netizens congratulating the Olympic gold medalist for the huge achievement.
Leading the celebrations was President Uhuru Kenyatta who tweeted: "Well done @Eliud Kipchoge for running the fastest marathon ever, 2:00:23. Your dedication & hard work is an inspiration to us all."
Other who took the moment to commend the athlete is popular sports journalist Carol Radull who stated: "Eliud Kipchoge does not break the 2 hour mark for marathon but achieves an amazing 2.00.23 Absolutely phenomenal!"
The Jubilee party delegates convention was a trending topic with Kenyans keenly following the endorsement of President Kenyatta by several parties among them Jubilee and the Kenya African National Union(KANU).
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Samuel Abisai who made it to the millionaires club after winning the Sportpesa Mega Jackpot of Sh 221 Million had a homecoming in Kakamega.
He was received in style with Kenyans continuing to share their views regarding the topic.
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The topic was among the top trends following a brief interruption of leading mobile money transfer services Mpesa on Saturday morning. However, Safaricom moved in swiftly to resolve the issue and assured its customers of its commitment to continue providing quality services.
All M-PESA services have now been normalized. Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience.
— Safaricom Limited (@SafaricomLtd) May 6, 2017
We are currently experiencing delays on some M-Pesa transactions. As we work to resolve this, we apologize for the inconvenience.
— Safaricom Limited (@SafaricomLtd) May 6, 2017
