Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta has been forced to defend his frequent overseas trips after Kenyans took to social media to ridicule him as a foreign leader making a fleeting visit to their country.
Kenyatta returned last week from trip abroad that included a summit in South Africa, a climate conference in France and a Commonwealth meeting in Malta. He is due to travel to Rwanda later this week.
Kenyans have been posting photographs online that depict highlights of his “visit” to Kenya. In recent days, the criticism has gone viral, with the hashtag #žUhuruInKenya gaining popularity on Twitter.
A popular road traffic information website with more than 300,000 followers joked that a major Nairobi street had to be closed so Kenyatta could check into the Kempinski hotel, where Barack Obama stayed during a visit in July.
Photos uploaded by Twitter users depict him on the typical itinerary of a visiting dignitary: signing a visitors’ book, touring a national park, greeting religious leaders and meeting other politicians, labelled as “hawkers
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