Remarks on ICC spark Twitter rage
What you need to know:
- Mr Skelemani later sent a retraction and apologised to Kenyans over his earlier comments.
Barely an hour after Botswana Foreign Affairs minister Phandu Skelemani said Kenya’s President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta was not welcome to his country if he does not cooperate with the ICC, Kenyans raised a ruckus online.
Angry tweets were sent condemning Botswana’s move.
The tweets ranged from witty, hilarious to outright absurd.
Koome Gitobu tweeted: “#SomeonetellBotswana I hear their voter population is 800k. Meaning Sonko could run unopposed.”
Joe Ray tweeted: “#SomeoneTellBotswana that Botswana is the Rongai of South Africa.”
Jim Guteta had a witty tweet: “#SomeoneTellKenya we can’t tweef with #BOT Their voting population is the same size as our spoilt votes. #SomeOneTellBotswana”
But the Motswana did not take the insults lightly, they quickly started the trend #SomeonetellKenya and had choice words for Kenyans.
Lerako reminded Kenyans: “#SomeoneTellKenya their Constitution was revised by Motswana, Unity Dow, we own you guys.”
Mr Skelemani later sent a retraction and apologised to Kenyans over his earlier comments.