KOT:From Kenya’s Favorite To A Celebrity’s Worst Nightmare

A while back Kenyans on Twitter commonly referred to as KOT were the apple of Kenya’s eyes. This is because KOT had become the voice of the people the local Mwananchi.

They ‘disciplined’ errant politicians, preached peace during the elections and started food drives for the hungry. One of their greatest achievements so far was making ‘CNN know their place’ in society. This was after the conglomerate published a wildly erroneous story about an unidentified militia group preparing to cause pandemonium in the Rift Valley region before the election period. As if that was not enough, The Media house had also announced an erroneous not forgetting an alarming story that violence had erupted in Kenya.

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Following this two stories, KOT launched a campaign under the hashtag SomeoneTellCNN to show their displeasure which was followed by demanding an apology from the media house. The Kenyan representative then issued an apology to Kenyans following the incidence.

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About an  year later KOT is a sad dark shadow of its former self. They have evolved from being the good guys to being Cyber Bullies, a celebrity’s worst night mare. Take for Example Linda Nyangweso who was bullied over her weight with KOT completely disregarding her feelings. There was also the Miss Kenya and Miss Tourism Kakamega who were viciously trolled for not being “pretty enough”

In my opinion, KOT should just quit these cowardly acts of Cyber Bullying, its one thing when you are expressing your opinion it’s a whole different story when your opinion embarrasses or belittles someone. Do not be fooled by the facade, even celebrities have feelings, they are humans too!

Let us go back to being the voice of the Mwanachi, and do great thing for our country. Like for example, people in Turkana are suffering from starvation, we can all come together and pitch ideas to avoid such situations. To conclude this article I will leave you with a quotable quote from one Taylor Swift

“Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you’ll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone.”