Richard Quest’s tweet on Nairobi traffic opens the floodgates

Renowned CNN journalist Richard Quest is currently in Kenya and has been having quite an eye-opening experience.

On Wednesday, Quest expressed his bemusement after realizing that roundabouts in Nairobi have traffic lights but policemen control traffic.

“The roundabouts have new traffic lights; which are usually switched off.

“Instead A policeman directs the traffic flow. The jams are extraordinary. #nairobi #kenya,” wrote the journalist on his official Twitter page.

Unlike other instances when the famous Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) put anyone who paints Kenya in bad light to the sword, they were a bit more welcoming and agreed not to worsen the situation by telling the journalist about all our problems.

One netizen stated that it was normal for anyone to wonder when they get stuck in traffic for hours but he was quickly shot down with, “Ongea Kiswahili bana. Hii mambo ni yetu, usichome picha pia wewe.”

Lindah Mbaisi echoed similar sentiments saying: “Wakenya kwa comments msichome picha zaidi.”

They all admitted that the country was facing a myriad of challenges but washing their dirty linen in public was not the way to go.

“The shame you feel every time a visitor tweets something that's not working in Kenya then Kenyan children compete to give them a list of other things that are not working.

“If we visited your shags & made such a comment, would you pour out your family issues? Who is your mother?” asked Sam Gichuru.

Another netizen posted a photo of blocked drainage but he was urged to keep it on the low.

“Wacha kuchoma. Unaharibu bwana.”