Kenyans on social media have raised their dissatisfaction after Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba gifts Elsa Majimbo in a bid to woe her to promote the country.
The Cabinet Secretary flew to Los Angeles on Sunday, February 4, to attend the 66th Grammy Awards. During his visit, he met with Content Creator, Elsa Majimbo at the Kenya Consulate.
The Cabinet Secretary then presented her with a gift bag branded “Talanta Hela” with a couple of Kenyan made items including coffee pack and a Maasai shuka.
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Receiving the gifts, Elsa Majimbo thanked the CS for the warm gesture and went ahead to commend the items branding herself a proper kenyan
“I’m so proud of this tea, actually I have been drinking it for 22 years. Blanket, coffee and tea in this cold weather what more can you ask for, I look like a proper Kenyan too.”
However, Elsa Majimbo has found herself in the receiving end by kenyans online on her takes and posts more so on her X account.
In most videos she has done online, she has dissociated herself from Kenya, expressing how she hates the country and prefers South Africa to Kenya, something that has always triggered netizens online.
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However, Kenyans have raised concerns over Namwamba’s move saying that she couldn’t possibly promote a country she has always thrown dirt at, saying the worst things about it.
Although it’s unclear whether the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts Cabinet Secretary wants to endorse Majimbo as the Brand Ambassador to Kenya on various products or it was just a gift.