Social networking sites went ballistic with crazy updates when the list of the suspects was made public by the ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo.
Twitter uploading with amazing speeds was observably in the lead over others like Facebook as its updates popped up fastest.
Among the updates though were creative enough, paradoxically brought forth humour instead of the expected sadness.
One which sought to borrow Hague as an acronym had this H for Henry Kosgei A for Arap Sang G for General Hussein Ali U for Uhuru Kenyatta E for Eldoret N MP Ruto. This was from an individual named, Crazy Nairobian.
Of the interesting updates this could easily qualify as the most humorous. it “To save Ruto sms 1 to 7777, to save Uhuru sms 2, to save Ali sms 3...!dead!” posted by one Evedesouza. The idea behind the update seemed to borrow from the annual reality show, Tusker Project Fame which normally asks viewers to send a unique number to save participants from eviction.
Another which might not be sweet to many hearts but still portrayed the creativeness of twitter users is “Overheard in the office. I feel sorry for Uhuru, his father was in the Kapenguria 6 and now he's in the Hague 6” retweeted a popular journalist. This co-relates Uhuru Kenyatta’s naming and subsequent appearance at The Hague with Jomo Kenyatta’s detention at the famous Kapenguria detention camps alongside six others by the British colonialists for their association with the dreaded Mau Mau organisation.
“Spotted on...Ati Hussein Ali was appointed Post Master General in a bid to intercept the Ocampo envelope,” was another one appearing on Twitter immediately former Police Commissioner and now Post Master General was mentioned by Moreno-Ocampo. This one humorously relates the appointment of Mr Ali to the Post Office job and the Waki list of the suspects.
A famous person going by the identity Diasporadical sought to make fun of William Ruto’s recent visit to The Hague by uploading this “Ruto is about to show the rest of these people the hot spots in The Hague”
With a perceived regional balancing in the names, one update from Funnytweets posed this question “Guys from Nyanza have been marginalised by Ocampo...sisi pia nataka mutu yetu huuko Hague (we want our guy there too), yawa!”
"The Joshua Sang dude is on the #Hague6 list to represent the local Mwananchi” quipped a Mwanikih in particular reference to a Joshua Arap Sang, one of the suspects, and whose mention came as surprise considering his low profile nationally.
Most of these updates were replicated on Facebook but not interestingly as on Twitter. Most bordered on the six named by Ocampo few hours ago. They include, Uhuru Kenyatta (Finance), Henry Kosgey ( Industrialisation), William Ruto (Suspended Higher Education), Head of Civil Service, Francis Muthaura, Post Master General Ali Hussein Ali, and media personality, Joshua Arap Sang.
Just By the way...
*How comes neither of the suspects made to the Trending Topics or they feared Ocampo will nail them for perpetrating people to over-tweeting about them?
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