TOP TRENDS: #1000ReasonsToBelieveInKenya

Kenyans on social media were not a happy lot when the trend #1000waystodieinKenya became abused by a cross section of ‘tweeps’ from around the globe and in a remarkable turn of events, in just under an hour managed to circumnavigate the trend, coming up with a more positive one titled – #1000ReasonstoBelieveInKenya.

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The emanated from the tweet of one Asif Khan @Asayf on Twitter, who was amused by the complaints of @Ngendo87 and told her if she was disatisfied with the trend that showed Kenya in bad light, she should come up with a counter to it. And she did! In spectacular fashion…. Here’s the tweet:

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At the time of this post, #1000ReasonsToBelieveinKenya was the number one GLOBAL trending topic on Twitter with scores of patriotic and proud Kenyans revving and drumming up even more support for the trend. I do believe we have a new record for the quickest counter response by Kenyans on Twitter to a globally trending topic.

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Enjoy a select number of tweets on the new trend here….

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Let’s all contribute to the trend #1000ReasonsToBelieveInKenya and display all the reasons we’re proud to be Kenyan!

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Kevin Oyugi