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Maina Kageni and Mwalimu King’ang’i spoke about the issue of cyber-bullying that has become an issue in recent years. Maina referenced an allegation that Buyer Beware, the famous Facebook page had bullied some people.

“How do you deal with cyber-bullying? I read a lot this past weekend about Buyer Beware were they allegedly threatened to expose COOP Bank. The bank allegedly had to pay the page’s owners 900K. Why do we fat-shame or body-shame?” Maina asked.

King’ang’i chimed in by speaking about the experience that some prominent females had had.

“I can remember Linda Nyangweso when she got married, and she got a kid. She used to cry every day until she developed a thick skin. People used to shame her about her weight. Even Gladys Shollei. Kaleyke Mumo aliambiwa vitu hapa,” Mwalimu said.

One of the scariest comments is below. It concerns a man whose girlfriend’s photos were leaked by an ex of hers. Not only that, the ex used fake social media profiles using the man’s names to do the deed.

“Leave alone this body-shaming thing. I had a gf. Her ex posted her ****** using a fake social page that he had created. I went to Lang’ata police station and they couldn’t help me. I contacted Facebook and they took too long to respond. I had to leave. For two months he kept sending the photos to my colleagues. I called him and told him that I had left the girl. For the past few months, it has stopped since then,” the man told Maina.

Some other comments from other listeners are below;

The worst part about cyber-bullying is that many people gain confidence and hide behind their online personas because there are largely unaware that cyber-bullying laws exist – A man said.

I just watched that documentary it was sad….cyber bullying is not a joke and something must be done before its too late not everyone is strong yo handle cyber bullying – A woman said.

Maina social media haitaki makasiriko. When you’re cyber bullied what matters is how you take it. Most people on social media live fake lifes, you just don’t take them seriously. Wengine kama mimi ata hatuwezi weka picha yetu kwa profile😂 – A man said.

Cyber bullying in kenya is just on another level – Someone said.

Most of those committing cyber bullying use Pseudo accounts. Something needs to be done so as to take full Control- A nother said.

Babu Owino is crazy! That ni**a is crazy – Maina says

Bullying people on social media is a sign of your own insecurities. Saying mean words to people who’ve never offended you – Another said.

The action or practice of humiliating someone by making mocking or critical comments about their body shape or size should stop and it’s punishable by law. a serious issue that can affect a victim – A man said.

Cyber Bullying has become a norm here in Kenya. Don’t care about negative comments from negative minds. Instead challenge yourself and move on – Another said.

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