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Kenyan whose comment on the White House went viral says black lives matter

When Alex G Ndiritu commented on a Facebook live post in the wake of protests in Minneapolis over the killing of George Floyd, he had no idea he would be trending at number one in just a matter of hours.

In the post, Ndiritu said that Americans should burn the White House and a few minutes later the screenshot had done rounds on social media, comedian Terrence Williams asking security to be on standby, never mind the fact that Ndiritu is in Nyeri.

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