Of all the jokes we have heard this year, this one is up there. Apparently, Mombasa city can easily be mistaken for Miami, according to a certain Kenyan on Twitter.
The popular Kenyan on Twitter, Ahmed Mohamed, an executive member of the Eastleigh Business Community, was the subject of online trolling after sharing pictures of the new look Mombasa and compared it with Miami.
This comes as Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho and his govt. continues to make the tourist hub more aesthetic. One of Joho’s directive compelled commercial building owners in the central business district (CBD) to paint their premises white and blue.
“We picked the colour blue because it represents our heritage, the sea that is around us. The ocean is dear to our hearts. As a people, we encounter it every day. People are asking why, but Mombasa has always been a tourist destination and we want to regain what we had lost,” Transport, Infrastructure and Public Works County Executive Tawfiq Balala said earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Joho’s online battalion has been pushing the hashtag #MombasaRising on Twitter where they have been sharing pictures of the new-look Mombasa.
However, one Ahmed Mohamed appeared to exaggerate as he Tweeted: “No. It’s not Miami. It is Mombasa, Kenya. Amazing.”
This was not received by the ever-skeptical Kenyans on Twitter, who poked fun at the Miami claims.
Read some sampled reactions below.
Shid. Couldn’t tell. pic.twitter.com/oobEsdnFCq
— Mashaa (@Its_Macharia) July 18, 2018
…of course, how could we have guessed…..? pic.twitter.com/FOlK6B8XfM
— Zack Sande (@SandeZack) July 17, 2018
Lol Asmali. Did someone think it was Miami ?
— Hanan (@nana_elk) July 16, 2018
Hio vumbi yote ndio unaita Miami?
— Mr Kax (@Kv_Kax) July 18, 2018
— PROTOCOL (@PR0T0C0L_) July 18, 2018
And where does it look like Miami? show us the dumpsites along the streets too.
— Wayne (@MwitiMagambo) July 17, 2018
Labda ulinganishe na Port Harcourt , Nigeria. Let us stick to our lane.
— I’m shook! (@SkiniTys) July 19, 2018
Who thought it was Miami?
— SHISH. (@Hellyshish) July 18, 2018
Ati miami ??????????? ,si upige ya kisauni au mshomoroni ,upus ??
— rai.samba???? (@samba254) July 18, 2018
This is Miami
Mombasa not ever an inch to Miami beauty pic.twitter.com/OKrTcAPK5H— Hassan Mohammed (@mohaz254) July 18, 2018
Nobody thinks this was Miami lmao ???
— Phil (@eccentricPhil) July 18, 2018
You can do better boss!??
— Ken Mwirigi (@gich_m) July 19, 2018
I def couldn’t pic.twitter.com/u3Ir0J23ur
— Duncan Kimutai (@kimutaDR) July 18, 2018
— Da real Stitch (@stitch_mkamba) July 19, 2018
What is that you are taking??
— Lehder (@dassault900) July 18, 2018
In confused and tired. Can’t see the Miami pic.twitter.com/rnmBui1F0Y
— Mswahili Bandia (@MswahiliBandia) July 18, 2018
Or the left pic.twitter.com/6zVsCiBD3D
— Mswahili Bandia (@MswahiliBandia) July 18, 2018
Right**
— Mswahili Bandia (@MswahiliBandia) July 18, 2018
Is the Miami on the left? pic.twitter.com/knfUWGuZZO
— Mswahili Bandia (@MswahiliBandia) July 18, 2018
Now I’m depressed. What is life if you can’t see the Miami here.
Fuck life pic.twitter.com/yDNPpRgWbJ— Mswahili Bandia (@MswahiliBandia) July 18, 2018
Why would anyone think this is Miami? https://t.co/WKbdiPFsWP
— Eric Mugendi ?? (@mougendi) July 18, 2018
