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Uhuru trolled for receiving ‘food rations’ from UAE


President Uhuru Kenyatta has been trolled by Kenyans on social media, after he announced that the country has received food donation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

In a post on his official Facebook page, President Kenyatta said the donation consisted of 150 tonnes of assorted foods in support of the Government’s drought mitigation measures.

But a majority of his followers on Facebook could hear none of it, if the sampled comments are anything to go by.

Most of them seemed surprised and offended by the fact that Kenya – which is more or less an agricultural state – was receiving food rations from a country which is 75 percent covered by a desert, and has an average temperature of 45 degrees Celsius.

Here are some of their sentiments:

But there are those who expressed their support for the president.