This week, Kenyan blogger Abraham Mutai faced heavy backlash after he made a controversial tweet accusing Kenyan mobile technology company Cellulant of tribalism.
Mutai questioned why the company’s six employees who died in the Riverside Drive Attack were all from the same community.
Social media users called out the blogger for being insensitive and taking advantage of a tragedy to push his own agenda.
Mutai, you are insensitive. Very uncouth of you to talk talk about ethnicity when we have lost fellow Kenyans in such circumstances. Very sad indeed https://t.co/NC8CSvMXqg
— Mohamed Wehliye, MBS (@WehliyeMohamed) January 24, 2019
How low can you go @ItsMutai?
Why make unsubstantiated claims?
Are you privy to the recruitment?
Shame on you, preying on the grieving for clicks and RTs pic.twitter.com/Oz6ozfrg96— Naomi Mutua 🐾❤️ (@AKenyanGirl) January 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/WarariJK/status/1088365449799237632?s=19
We really wasted our good time with those free Mutai tweets.
— Elsa Majimbo stan account (@RookieKE) January 24, 2019
I have never seen a human being who is as shallow as mutai using photos of the late cellulant employees to push his agenda,Imagine they have families who are on social media who are still grieving . Just throw him away nkt
— Maria chebet kemunto (@mariakemmy) January 24, 2019
That Mutai dude is dense asf. A verified nobody.
— 🇨🇩 (@obadhou) January 24, 2019
Mutai, what became of you? Have you lost your mind? This is absurd beyond measure. These young men, no matter the tribe, lost their lives in a tragic manner; you won’t even let their loved ones mourn in peace with spewing rubbish? You’re a complete shame. https://t.co/gctBcO7G3C
— Apollos Doreen©️ (@ApollosDoreen) January 24, 2019
Despite a huge majority disagreeing with Mutai, others felt that he had a point.
Mutai has a point here. Shida ni timing
— doctah🎤™ (@doctah254) January 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/FarahUTD/status/1088458537557057538?s=19
Was also surprised when I saw the names, u have a point. Its what it is.
— Fred Muli (@mulikan1) January 24, 2019
Ukweli saa zingine inauma!
— John Karani, Pdg (@BabaAfandi) January 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/MarkDav83243888/status/1088390335087214592?s=19
agreeing on this totally.
— kenphiski (@kenphiski) January 24, 2019
