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This week, President Uhuru Kenyatta has been the subject of ridicule.
Kenyans feel that it was wrong for him to be watching Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi while the country mourned the death of 28 Kenyans who were shot dead by Al-Shaabab in Mandera.
As if that wasn’t enough, a photo of him posing next to an unknown lady (top picture) emerged online.
Heads Up later learnt that the so called @MsThandalicious is actually a famous wannabe socialite.
Her real name is Thandi Ojeer, a former girlfriend of football star Claude Makelele, who in the past worked with Jada Styles Boutique co-owned by Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba. She also once managed and marketed international Sony Music artistes like Beyonce, Ricky Martin, JLo, Lauryn Hill and Mariah Carey in the UK.
But her selfie with Uhuru caused so much uproar online that Thandi had to deactivate her Instagram and Twitter accounts.
However, according to a statement released by PSCU, Uhuru met King Abdullah II of Jordan, with whom he discussed threats posed by terrorism to Kenya and the Middle East.
He also met Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, among others.
The president left Kenya on November 21 for a four-day official visit to Abu Dhabi.
He stayed away from social media, prompting Kenyans to demand that he cut short his trip.
“How can the president go enjoying himself when Kenya is burning? We have been left to bury our dead in our poverty,” said Kakamega Senator Bonny Khalwale.
But Uhuru is not the only ‘cool’ African president.
Last week, photos emerged of Cameroonian president Paul Biya, 81, looking all swagged up on his way to attend a concert in Paris.
Biya wore a black Fally Ipupa like jacket, a durag, cool shades, sneakers and jeans. Were it not for the wrinkles on his face, Biya could have easily been confused for a 22-year-old hip-hop enthusiast.
According Biya has been attacked for taking a lavish holiday in France estimated to cost almost Sh200,000 daily.
Biya is on a three-week trip to La Baule on the west coast of France and staying in the five-star L’Hermitage Barriere hotel.
He, his wife Chantal and their entourage are said to have booked 43 rooms at the hotel for their 20-day stay in the region.
