{"id":283243,"date":"2017-01-09T16:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283243"},"modified":"2017-01-09T16:17:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:17:21","slug":"uhuruchallenge-kenyans-mock-president-for-launching-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/uhuruchallenge-kenyans-mock-president-for-launching-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"#UhuruChallenge: Kenyans mock president for launching projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users in Kenya have been poking fun at President Uhuru Kenyatta over his perceived enthusiasm for launching projects, with great fanfare from his communications staff.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say some of the projects &#8220;launched&#8221; by the president were already under way or had already been commissioned. Some others have been viewed as not meriting the weight of presidential publicity.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/7E10\/production\/_93327223_nivea.jpg\" alt=\"Tweet mocking President Kenyatta\" width=\"601\" height=\"554\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Mr Kenyatta, who faces elections in August, was in the city of Mombasa where he launched a footbridge, proudly described as a &#8220;non-motorized transport project&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Some Twitter users have taken this as a cue to mock the president.<\/p>\n<p>Using the hashtag #UhuruChallenge, they posted their own examples of things they were &#8220;launching&#8221; or &#8220;commissioning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/2FF0\/production\/_93327221_flipflops.jpg\" alt=\"Tweet mocking President Kenyatta\" width=\"598\" height=\"631\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/16488\/production\/_93327219_dishes.jpg\" alt=\"Tweet mocking President Kenyatta\" width=\"976\" height=\"1119\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/CD5C\/production\/_93327525_remotes.jpg\" alt=\"Tweet mocking President Kenyatta\" width=\"603\" height=\"596\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/13102\/production\/_93328087_toothpicks.jpg\" alt=\"Tweet mocking President Kenyatta\" width=\"587\" height=\"714\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Some parts of Kenya, including the capital, Nairobi, coastal and northern regions have been suffering power outages since the weekend because of a technical problem at a power station.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps inevitably, this provided another opportunity for satirical digs at Mr Kenyatta.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/4A8A\/production\/_93328091_tweets.jpg\" alt=\"Tweets mocking President Kenyatta\" width=\"590\" height=\"312\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>And one user thought Kenyans were unlikely to have heard the last of unimpressive presidential launches.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/E2E2\/production\/_93328085_uhuru.jpg\" alt=\"Tweet mocking President Kenyatta\" width=\"580\" height=\"455\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users in Kenya have been poking fun at President Uhuru Kenyatta over his perceived enthusiasm for launching projects, with great fanfare from his communications staff. 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