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Ain't I Social?

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You say that I am egocentric when we pass each other without me saying Hi. It’s not like you said hi and I failed to respond. What if you said hi and I don’t respond you’ll say I’m arrogant? Didn’t you notice that I had earphones plugged into my ears? The substantial function of the earphones is to tell you that I’m having my time: not that I’m autistic but I just want to be alone. It’s a decoy to say that I don’t want to get into any conversation right now. Remember I’m not a narcissist. Or you come and sit next to me in a matatu heading to Rongai without talking and you expect me to say hi and you can see that I’m glued on my phone’s screen then again you say I’m egocentric! If you need to know, I’m replying to snaps on Snapchat after reading Selena Gomez’s hilarious tweets, double tapping my crush’s every photo on Instagram(although I wasn’t tagged in any) checking out funny Dubsmash soundboards and later reply to all my chats on Whatsapp. These are only five social

Kenyans on Twitter Defence Forces

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A new force has emerged. A force that nobody knows the source. A force of made up millions of unknown people joint by one mission, to fight using their fingers. A force that cannot be disturbed. A force that will not be the last to stand even in the wake of retaliation by the self-proclaimed gravity movers. This force will pounce on you and tear you then leave you in tatters. This force has resisted eternal forces from all over the world. CNN can attest the magnitude of this force. In July 2015, The United States media organization referred to Kenya as a “hotbed of terror”, in the context of President Barack Obama’s visit to Kenya. “Obama is not just heading to his father’s homeland, but to a hotbed of terror. Terrorists in East Africa are now posing new worries for the President’s trip to Kenya this week,” the broadcaster reported on its website. The network quickly changed the story from “terror hotbed” to Obama’s “father’s homeland.” This was after #SomeoneTellCNN erupted with t