Last Wednesday, Pope Francis landed in Kenya to begin his first ever trip to Africa. As the Pope made his way into the country. Kenyans took to social media to share what they thought about this visit and everything around it.
Even before the Pope touched down, Kenyans on Twitter begun Tweeting about his arrival using various hashtags that all became top local trends on Twitter. Some even decided to Tweet him directly using his Twitter handle @Pontifex.
Some of the top hashtags that many users on Twitter engaged with were; #PopeInKenya and #PopeInAfrica all Tweeting about Pope Francis’ visit to Kenya. Here is the Pope’s first Tweet in Kenya:
https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/669490308258902016
Here is how #PopeinKenya unfolded on Twitter http://reverb.guru/view/348195882904751585
Below is a sample of some of the tweets from this past week:
https://twitter.com/UKenyatta/status/669612850453700608
https://twitter.com/ntvkenya/status/670151544604594176
https://twitter.com/UN/status/669902982629212160
Kenyans were on the international spotlight for the two days that Pope Francis was in Kenya. As illustrated, Twitter was the go-to place for Kenyans to share their real time updates and take outs from the mass and various activities presided over by the Pope.
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