Exit the Museveni challenge, enter the Baba Challenge

By: OLIVE BURROWS 2 min read
The trend brings to mind #BabaWhileYouWereAway which went viral when Raila Odinga returned to the country after a three month trip to the United States back in 2014/COURTESY
The trend brings to mind #BabaWhileYouWereAway which went viral when Raila Odinga returned to the country after a three month trip to the United States back in 2014/COURTESY

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 22 – Two months ago it was the #MuseveniChallenge; Kenyans took to imitating photos of the Ugandan Head of State sitting by the roadside in a rural town, taking a phone call as his convoy waited behind him.

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Weeks later it is the #BabaChallenge that is trending as Kenyans take to imitating opposition leader Raila Odinga absently mindedly speaking on the phone with his left leg elevated on a car tyre.

The trend brings to mind #BabaWhileYouWereAway which went viral when Raila Odinga returned to the country after a three month trip to the United States back in 2014.

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OLIVE BURROWS

OLIVE BURROWS

With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.