STOP SELLING ONLINE NOISE AS A PRESIDENTIAL REVOLUTION.
Pauline, surely you haven't forgotten Peter Kenneth!
When you were at the peak of your political communication game, you gave Kenya “Tunawesmake na Peter Kenneth.” Facebook was flooded with slogans.
Peter Kenneth's posts attracted thousands of comments.
His online army made it look like Uhuru Kenyatta had no following and commanded no masses.
Then Kenyans went to the ballot, and the Facebook revolution disappeared!
Today, I see the same political cosmetics being applied to Edwin Sifuna.
New hashtags, new bloggers, X Spaces, TikTok activations and manufactured online excitement.
Same old illusion.
@abbiezuena , @paulinenjoroge , let us leave the internet for a moment.
Will luo Gen Z follow Sifuna?
Will Ukambani Gen Z vote for Sifuna?
Will Kalenjin Gen Z vote for Sifuna?
Will Nyeri Gen Z vote for Sifuna?
Can you demonstrate that this online excitement translates into actual votes across Kenya's 47 counties?
Sifuna himself was young when he voted for Raila Odinga, an older politician.
Spare us the lazy village arguments that young people must automatically vote for a young candidate.
Pauline, you have witnessed the difference between an online sensation and an electoral contender.
Don't allow Sifuna to become another Peter Kenneth of the Facebook era.
Abbie and Pauline, your job should not be to convince Sifuna that he is already president because his name is trending.
Your job should be to help him build a coalition capable of winning an election.
A presidential election is not won in X Spaces, Facebook comment sections or TikTok live sessions.
KENYA HAS 47 COUNTIES, NOT 47 FACEBOOK COMMENT SECTIONS.
You can trend all night, but come election morning, hashtags will not enter polling stations, bloggers will not cast votes on behalf of millions of Kenyans, and Facebook likes will not become ballot papers.
STOP COUNTING COMMENTS. START COUNTING VOTERS.
@derrick_mokaya@WanjuguGM You have to learn polls are ever sponsored,Think of raila used to score higher polls.There is polls and voting embrace reality
@kiguruwise@Wambuib4sky They are forcing us sifuna by trying to make us believe sifuna is the real deal.But he is known online.ndo maana akienda kila mahali anauliza mnaniona vizuri.....mimi ndo .......
@Wambuib4sky You lie to yourself.He knows sifuna is passway.that why he is using bloggers in name of sifuna thinking people don't understand literature there.