TOP TRENDS: #TURKANAOIL

While releasing government performance contracting results, Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki announced that Kenya has indeed discovered oil.

The President confirmed that the Energy Minister, Hon Kiraitu Muriungi, gave him the historic news that the agency Tullow Oil had discovered at least a 20 metre deep oil field in Turkana County.

Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) took their excitement to social media, once again producing another Kenyan-made global trending topic that has at time of this publication risen to #2 on the Worldwide trending topics.

Previous globally trending Kenyan topics on Twitter include #NyeriTVShows #KCSE2010results and more recently #SomeoneTellCNN. News anchor Larry Madowo tweeted about #TurkanaOil

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Find below a cross section of hilarious tweets on #TurkanaOil