The pressure that social media is putting on us as the 'kawaida mwananchi' is immense. Trying to be something you are not is taking the day each day. If you and I are not well informed, we might fall in the trap of hating and undermining ourselves without knowing most people are living a lie out her. Well, Risper Faith who is a Kenya celebrity has been accused and is currently on the spotlight for photo-shopping her facial structure on a photo of the US based curvy digital content creator who goes by the name Ms. Kristine. In the year 2016, Kristine uploaded a perectly shot picture of herself in a black skirt and top that was neatly tucked into the skirt. To add some spice, the whole outfit was groomed by a shade of green coat which perfectly perfected the look. Risper, however took the exact picture, did some editing including darkening the black skirt and top and literally photo-shopped her face into the Kristine's picture retaining all her jewelry! This could not go un...
Wycliffe Oparanya, the current Kakamega Governor, has endorsed Cleophas Malala, a UDA candidate to take over after him.
To be precise, Kakamega and Mombasa counties are holding their gubernatorial elections today after a mishap on 9th August. This post is critical because residents of the said counties are voting today and such an influence would really play a big role on increasing the votes to either major candidates. Earlier Monday morning, the incumbent through his Facebook page created a post which had Malala's picture and had a hash-tagged caption as follows;
"VoteCleophasWakhunguMalalah".
This has created a lot emotions and has criticized how a big supporter of Azimio La Umoja would actually support their strong competitor. To his defense, Mr. Oparanya took to his Twitter page to address the issue that had spread like bush fire and had gained great popularity. He claimed that the public should note and note carefully that his Facebook page had been hacked and the culprits for this doing are the agents from doom. Therefore, he urged his followers not to take this post seriously and they should ignore it. He also proceeded to highlight that DCI Kenya were underway to handle the matter and restore the situation.
However this has not sat so well with his followers and supporters of Azimio especially their top bloggers, some claiming that this was a very intentional move and hacking a verified page is very difficult as these accounts must have the two step authentication. For instance, some gave comments like;
"Oparanya, Your account was not hacked. Stop lying."
"Oparanya, Days of 'my account was hacked' are over. Let's be serious."
"Raila Odinga is surrounded by so many fake friends. Oparanya is one of them. Ati my account has been hacked! By who?"
"What's going on? Kwani Oparanya ameruka baraza?"
Prior to the elections when campaigns were allowed, Senator of Kakamega who won the seat after the just completed elections, Boni Khalwale, had stated that Oparanya had called him and asked a meeting at Raila's Hotel in Kisumu. Oparanya then allegedly asked him (Boni) to take him to The President-Elect William Ruto, which the latter did. The former then asked the President-Elect for an opportunity to serve.
The video with the above utterances is quickly spreading over the internet further contributing to the doubt whether this was an intentional post or not.
Malala's winning!
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