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Tik Toker, netizens poke holes into Jeff Mwathi death reports, prompt DCI to revisit investigation

The social media landscape is a volatile one. However, every once in a while, something will happen that will make netizens put aside all their fabricated differences, an opportunity to play detective. Like a bloodhound, netizens are quick to sniff out when a story they are being given is simply not adding up, and are more than capable of following a digital footprint with the precision of a hunter stalking prey.

This was seen most recently in the case that every last Kenyan netizen has on their tongue and in their minds, the Jeff Mwathi death saga. Early morning of March 10, news broke on the Internet about a young man who had fallen off the tenth-floor balcony of a popular DJ's house and that got netizens buzzing.

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