In the past few days, you must have bumped into the word ‘kemikal’ plastered all over the interwebs.
It all started with comedian Terence Creative’s viral parody video mocking the now infamous ‘wash wash’ business, that depicts his Congolese character duping gullible Kenyans and defrauding them of lots of money, a real-life scenario in the country.
In the 2-part series, Terence employs a grotesque Swahili accent, starting every word with the prefix ‘Nga,’ something that tickled many a Kenyan and saw them start a bout of mimicry, with most evening using the broken Swahili lingo to caption their pictures.
In the same series, the comedian uses the word ‘kemikal’ to denote a possible chemical that could be used to multiply money, in his bid to recruit even more unsuspecting Kenyans. He would then use the phrase by posting a juxtaposition of two pictures of him side by side, one showing his humble beginnings and the other showing him in his current state.
As you would predict, that was bound to birth a twitter challenge christened the ‘Kemikal Challenge,’ with users posting before and after pictures using the #KemikalChallenge tag.
Here are some of the posts:
