As a country, we experience a lot of downsides every week and despite these unfortunate outcomes, we find a way of creating humour out of the situation. We are a country of optimistic people and this has been shown quite well in this age of social media where people turn what seems to be a negative situation into a positive one. One famous situation was when CNN named Kenya as a “hotbed” of terror which led Kenyans on Twitter to turn around the situation by posting why Kenya is the place to be.
The past week has been marred by what has been known as Teargas Monday. Kenya’s opposition has been organizing protests to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). A lot of photos were shared across social media of the protest on Anniversary Towers in Nairobi where leaders and people alike were juxtaposed within the cloud of teargas.
Well, today is another Monday and there was another protest arranged by the opposition towards the IEBC. Kenyans on Twitter this time round decided to make fun of the protest by posting “scenarios” of the impending protest.
Teargas testing
COME ONE COME ALL #TeargasMonday pic.twitter.com/DOWXHA7fwf
— Antony Kalume (@AntonyKalume) June 6, 2016
“Helmets” procured for the demo
Manono & the other rioters should not worry..Kalonzo has procured helmets from China for you #TeargasMonday pic.twitter.com/iuQes5xBsn
— !Collins¡ (@collinsikutwa) June 6, 2016
More weird helmets.
Braced for #TeargasMonday Bring on the teagas Koome. Bring it on. pic.twitter.com/25UpK9QIII
— MAPESA NIXON (@ItsMapesa) June 6, 2016
Its like helmets are a recurring theme here
Braced for #TeargasMonday Bring on the teagas Koome. Bring it on. pic.twitter.com/25UpK9QIII
— MAPESA NIXON (@ItsMapesa) June 6, 2016
This guy likened some people will play tennis with the tear gas canisters like shown on this photo.
#TeargasMonday
??? meet the new Rafael Nadal pic.twitter.com/eRm0Qd2AJp— Mars Fifi (@MercyPheona) June 6, 2016
The guy on the right became famous thanks to the last protest and now has been photoshopped as a rugby player.
#TeargasMonday #IEBC7s stars pic.twitter.com/odmemcNKkP
— Official_Lwrence_m (@Lwrence_m) June 6, 2016
Sarcasm sarcasm sarcasm
Peaceful demos kick off #TeargasMonday pic.twitter.com/KygZfBWriA
— Brian Khaniri (@BKhaniri) June 6, 2016
Need say more?
our leaders on us #TeargasMonday pic.twitter.com/U9va9ALdP5
— BABA MALCOM (@MtuPombe) June 6, 2016
