Here are the topics trending on social media.
Former President Daniel Arap Moi began trending after President Uhuru Kenyatta paid him a visit at his Kabarnet residence in Nairobi on Thursday.
A debate around who will be the flagbearer for the NASA alliance was ongoing Thursday afternoon will online users jumping on the trend to share various views.
The trend was not initiated by anything specific.
Nurses are threatening to go back on strike over failure by the government to implement an agreement it recently reached with the nurses union.
Audit firm KPMG became the subject of online debate after High Court judge George Odunga excused himself from a case challenging a tender awarded to KPMG to audit the voter register.
Th case will now be handled by Justice Chacha Mwita.
This topic was on the trends after the Mill Manager at Pan Paper, Naga Shankarsays, responded to concerns that the factory was not in operation despite President Uhuru Kenyatta pumping funds to revive the company.
According to the manager Pan Paper is operational and has employed 400 permanent workers and 200 on contract basis.
Education Fred Matiang'i sparked an online conversation after he officially received a report on an audit he had commissioned to weed out universities offering fake degrees and those that have not complied with set regulations.
Upon receiving the report, the CS assured that a team will be formed to kickstart the process of streamlining learning in universities.
Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga found himself on the trends after he responded to media reports that he was planning to join politics.
In his response, Mutunga dismissed the reports as lies.
48 Ethiopian illegal immigrants and their Kenyan host have been arrested in Mwihoko, Ruiru.
According to Ruiru OCPD Isaac Thuranira, the suspects will be arraigned in court tomorrow.
48 Ethiopian illegal immigrants detained at Ruiru Police Station ~ Ruiru OCPD Isaac Thurania. pic.twitter.com/KdgTe7qaM8
— Radio Maa (@RadioMaa) February 16, 2017
This topic was trending after the government announced that 2.7 Million Kenyans are facing starvation in 23 Counties across the country and appealed for Sh11 Billion to fight the ongoing disaster.
A section of Kenyans engaging in this topic, however, continued to mock the government for misappropriation of funds as its citizens continue to suffer due to drought and other challenges.
This hashtag began trending after Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero was hosted on Ghetto Radio’s morning breakfast show on Thursday morning.
Kidero’s appearance on the show came exactly a week after his rival in the Governor race, Peter Kenneth was hosted on the same station.
This provided fodder for critics to accuse Governor Kidero of copying Kenneth.
Government Spokesman Eric Kiraithe was on the trends after a clip of him seemingly admitting that the government has a budget for corruption was unveiled.
Kiraithe was speaking during a public forum with striking doctors, where he was taken to task on a number of issues including a rare question on whether the government had set aside funds to support corruption.
In the clip doing rounds on social media, his response was cut at the point where he said "of course the government has a huge budget for corruption", leaving out the part where he went ahead to explain his response.
ERIC KIRAITHE gaffe or admission? pic.twitter.com/tl85Lyy5MR
— Linus Kaikai (@LinusKaikai) February 16, 2017
IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati appeared on the trends after he announced that the court's decision relating to procurement of election materials is likely to interfere with August General Election deadlines.
The ongoing drought in some parts of the country became a subject of online conversation after an announcement that the European Union Delegation to Kenya had given Sh3 Billion to drought management authority with some of the money set to be used in cash transfers.
