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Irate Kenyans take on President Uhuru over foreign tours

President Uhuru Kenyatta with his China counterpart Xi Jinping when they held bilateral talks at The Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg.

You cannot annoy Kenyans and get away with it, thanks to social media.

In July when CNN described Kenya as a hotbed of terror just before US President Barack Obama visited, Kenyans took to social media to express their displeasure with the hash tag #SomeoneTellCNN. The international media house buckled and apologised.

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