#KoT WEEKLY

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#KoT: The 43^rd Kenyan Tribe

You have to give credit where it is due and judging from the famous hash tag #KoT (Kenyans on twitter) the talk here reeks of world class humor that you only get when you have a congregation of creative minds. I often wonder why we don’t have any outstanding sitcoms in Kenya yet the content provided on twitter is befitting. From chicken sagas to marriage bill debates the Kenyan discussions on twitter are varied as they are lively. We are going to start by a brief history and intro to the twitterverse of Kenya’s so as to get to the gist of our weekly review of KoT’s.

Kenya tweetstory: brief history of Kenya on twitter

With such creative and witty wordsmiths you only need to visit twitter to get your daily fix of humor and keep yourself updated on what’s going on in the Kenyan social scene. There is immense passion that is shown on social issues equaled by great venom dished out in response to topics/people/countries that KoT’s, as they are collectively called, feel aggrieved by.

Kenya has had 1 war since independence, the recent incursion into Somalia by Kenya Defence Forces, but twitter has seen several wars erupt against aggressors most notably the Kenya VS Nigeria tweef (fights/wars on twitter). Fought for weeks, the tweef that used hash tags #someonetellnigeria #someonetellKenya generated a lot of buzz and rib cracking jokes at members of the two countries that in the end brought people together rather than divided showing the immense power of social media. Even twitter recognized KoT’s power and has special hashtags dedicated to them, namely

Trolling: those ugly tweets

There is never good without the existence of evil (let’s call it bad for the conservative readers) .Due to the anonymity of social media you can’t help but have your fair share of saboteurs, haters and trouble makers collectively known as trolls. These are the people who will provoke others by using negative language, crude jokes and all forms of bullying. Yeah, twitter is more like the real world hence not a good place for escapists. Funny enough, many twitter users may have trolled (the act of writing provoking messages on social media) at one time or the other.

Enough of the back-story, we delve into the hot topics over the past week

Ø  Starting us of is the controversial #MarriageBill debate that spun of other tags like #marriagebillya mahustler

Ø  The Nyeri chicken saga had so many variants that just searching for the words kuku and nyerimen provided a list of comedy fodder that left you in stitches. FYI this one trended worldwide, quite an accomplishment.

Ø  Showing that we are still colonized the royal baby had its say with Kate Middleton strongly on the Kenyan trend list

Ø  It’s always there due to corporates who discovered the power of twitter as a customer service tool; #kindlyDM is a daily if not weekly guest on the Kenyan trend list.

Final Word

 Definitely the best way to spend time online; keep it KoT and you will have fun socializing with crazy Kenyan tweeps (users of twitter) as well as like minded internationals. We will have more KoT news for you at the end of the week.

BREAKING BAD: Crime Does Pay

Ever felt like doing something bad for the greater good was the right thing to do, or how you have led such an exemplary morally upright life but have nothing to show for it (especially financially) or how the 'bad guys' always have it good, the money, the car, the girls.

Well Breaking Bad is is a raw drama that gets to show how living a life on the moral high ground is not always a rosy affair.
The story finds a brilliant chemist, Walter White, who teaches at the local high school and finds himself on hard times after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. To top it all off his stay at home wife, Skyler

White, is pregnant and his teenage son,Walter White Jnr, who suffers from cerebral palsy. In an attempt to leave his family well off he engages in the manufacture and sale of methamphetamine, street name meth, with Jesse Pinkman a former student of his as his partner.

Its deeply compelling story that portrays the daily human struggle of doing what is right versus doing what wrong with the exception of the motivation behind ones actions. The story driven series has enough moral dilemmas that leave you questioning your own values and more often than not you end up siding with the protagonists actions which tend to be illegal but somehow morally justified.

The series is in its fifth and final season after premiering on January 20, 2008. It's been a widely acclaimed series that's has had major success on the TV screen and has gone on to inspire fans (like me) to venture into crime. The accolades the series has managed to garner speaks volumes of its strong storyline having won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards including three consecutive wins for Best Actor for Cranston who plays the lead character Walter White, two wins for Best Supporting Actor for Paul, and three nominations for Outstanding Drama Series.