The Top 20 Most Watched Videos in Kenya in The Year 2019
We are always making memories, whether sad, happy or funny. This year was no different. We have come up with a list of videos in 2019 that took Kenyans to YouTube, Facebook Instagram, and Twitter to catch up with what was happening in the country.
The following are the videos Kenyans viewed most in the year 2019:
- The Ineos Challenge
Eliud Kipchoge’s sub two hour Marathon was one of Kenya’s most viewed videos in 2019 on YouTube this year. It is one of the videos that showed Kenyans patriotism at its best as all Kenyans, as well as the whole world, were glued to their screen to watch the historic event live.
In Nandi and Uasin Gishu Counties, from where Eliud hails, crowds of people were gathered to watch the son of the soil break his own record.
That was such a proud moment for Kenya. Even after the event, the video continued to be watched.
- Ethiopia Plane Crash
The Ethiopian Airlines B737 Max crash that happened just six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa was another video that got most views in Kenya.
The plane a Boeing 737 MAX 8, which was headed to Nairobi, lost contact with air traffic controllers and crashed, killing all the 157 people on board, among them 32 Kenyans.
- AFC Leopard Fan Annet Kabereka
Towards the end of September, most Kenyans went online to watch a sad video of a 22-year-old AFC leopard’s fan Annet, who was on a motorcycle (bodaboda) when a matatu which was allegedly on high speed hit her.
The saddest bit was that Kenyans who witnessed the accident, instead of helping her get to hospital, decided to take a video of the evidently injured girl begging for help, some saying that it served her right if she was drunk.
She died begging onlookers to take her to hospital.
- Likoni Ferry Accident
The 29th September Likoni tragedy was one of the saddest news ever received this year as Mariam Kighenda and her four year old daughter Amanda Mutheu died in the Indian Ocean after their car plunged into it.
The news got Kenyans to view a video of a car sinking in the Indian Ocean with a local diver trying to go save the situation but could not make it as the car sank completely before he could get it.
- Kijana Fupi Nono Round
The famous phrase that was coined by West Pokot Governor John Kropp Lonyangapuo in March as he made fun of a former MCA aspirant that got everyone’s ribs, including President Uhuru’s, cracking.
Governor Lonyangapuo is known for making hilarious speeches and this, ‘Kijana fupi, amenona, round; huwezi jua tumbo ni wapi na mgongo ni wapi… Hana kazi, hana kazi’, seemed to be the funniest of them all, much as he said that in response to the war he had with the said ‘Mulmulwas’.
Trust Kenyans to make light moments out of all situations, days later, a song titled Kijana fupi round was released.
- Sonko Arrested Dramatically
The controversial Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko was arrested in Voi as he was on transit via the SGR shortly after DPP Noordin Haji ordered for his arrest of Friday, 6th December 2019.
The governor had been accused of graft, and being one of the most vocal politicians, Kenyans couldn’t help re-watching the governor being humiliated and screaming while being handcuffed.
Kenyans even made a remix of Sonko’s misfortune just hours after it happened.
- Sonko Reveals Ken Okoth Had Wife And Son
Still on Governor Sonko. During the Late Kibra MP Ken Okoth’s Funeral service, Sonko spilled the beans telling the whole public that the late MP had another Wife and son aside from his official white wife Monica.
His revelation was received differently by members of the public, even sparking conversation on various radio stations on whether he was wise to say reveal such things about the deceased before his wife, mother, family and the country.
A joke went round about friends like Sonko who are not loyal are dangerous to have as they will reveal your secrets at your funeral.
- Passaris Walk Out On Sonko
During this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations Governor Sonko took to the podium and in his speech, he seemed to be targeting Nairobi Women Rep Esther Passaris.
The Governor went on to bash Passaris telling her to stop complaining about phone calls that were not received because he (Sonko) is not her (Passaris’) husband. It was at this point that Hon. Passaris walked out of the celebrations even as Sonko’s supporters jeered and heckled her.
- Leaked Phone Conversation Between Sonko And Passaris
Just a day after Passaris walked out on Sonko during the MAdaraka day celebrations, as if the embarrassment was not enough, Sonko leaked a phone conversation he allegedly had with Passaris.