We have seen locust invasion in the news and the better story is how the government is handling them. We saw reports of the government allegedly dispersing locusts in North Eastern a week ago and now they have moved on to Meru.
A swarm of locusts can cause a lot of damage to a plantation of crops and farmers can make huge losses from their rabid fest. This is why governments are usually quick to disperse them so that they can make minimal destruction to people’s crops.
Today, the Kenyan government announced an odd strategy to deal with desert locusts and it was announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Mwangi Kiunjuri.
CS Kiunjuri: If you see any insect that you suspect could be a locust, take a picture and post on social media so we can confirm for you what insect it really is pic.twitter.com/CAe2NVWBhs
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) January 10, 2020
Of course this did not go according to plan and Kenyans started posting the exact opposites.
Could these be?
Hey Cs Kiunjuri could these be locusts?? pic.twitter.com/Dy0Nqx1aOd
— Jacounty044 (@OgolaDaddy) January 10, 2020
It gets even weirder
https://twitter.com/Muhahami/status/1215588025167683584
The roach spokesperson will like to have a word with you
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— Duncan Ondimu, OGW (@matundura78) January 10, 2020
Ummm…NSFW
Seen at Koinange road. Confirm if rocust 😂 pic.twitter.com/vl1zmuOjUx
— 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 🇰🇪 (@ItsMisiani) January 10, 2020
*Trump’s voice* Fake News!
Is this a locust Mheshimiwa? pic.twitter.com/dumjNXolSh
— Rimura (@risongose) January 10, 2020
Finally something that looks believable
Confirm this Mr Cs. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 pic.twitter.com/GSBc2CTGpI
— Muringo (@petermuringo) January 10, 2020
This is clearly a locust. No need for confirmation
https://twitter.com/IamJnShine/status/1215561139175723008
The Marvel Cinematic Universe will like a word with you
@CS_Kiunjuri pls confirm pic.twitter.com/1NWDVGzSZ1
— Msela (@jimmykyalo_) January 10, 2020
It could be this
https://twitter.com/KinotiJimm/status/1215576504916160512
Or maybe this one
https://twitter.com/Eddiest_KE/status/1215563394037755905
Aww look at the floof…I mean locust
https://twitter.com/Thuxedo/status/1215569138925608960
I did not see this coming
tutakula pic.twitter.com/wHYFIC0Ji2
— BLackRock (@AlekkiWachira) January 10, 2020
And of course someone had to do this. PhotoShop never wins
— unknown (@arita_derrick) January 10, 2020
This is the only viable reply so far
https://twitter.com/KerrySway/status/1215583713616125952
