Lovers of alcohol are not very pleased after Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi, ordered the closure of bars 5 pm to 6 am on both Saturday and Sunday as Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) officials conduct the census. He urged the public to be at their residences on the Reference Night so that Census can be conducted smoothly as planned.
“So please be available in your house on Saturday to ensure you are counted. That is why we will have all the social places, especially bars, closed from 5 pm so that we give everyone an ample time to be home by 6 pm when enumerators will be coming to count you,” said Matiangi.
In a trending #Census2019, Kenyans on Twitter, have shared funny memes and short video clips on how they are going to beat Matiangi at his game, no matter how important the census is.
Here are some of the funny memes.
1.Brain cell 1 to brain cell 2
Kenyans and the humour 🤣🤣🤣 #census2019 #Censuskenya2019 pic.twitter.com/mJQAAGPt75
— Peter Mwai (@MwaiPetrov) August 23, 2019
2. At 5 pm when enumerators walk in, there will be no man standing.
Mataing:3 hours is enough for drinkin beer
Kenyans:at 5pm#Censuskenya2019 pic.twitter.com/IgAwmynFaB
— Mukujin bartowski (@Lwangees) August 23, 2019
3. Lol! Can someone halla grammar cops.
absolutely Nobody
Government;anyone found in the bar😂😂😂😉#census2019 #Censuskenya2019 pic.twitter.com/KvIha6Hnxl— duchie👑 (@lordeduchiee) August 23, 2019
4. How alcoholics will be slithering back into their cribs Saturday morning.
#Censuskenya2019 ifikie Matiangi, this is how we arrive home Saturday morning. pic.twitter.com/Uy2tPi7nVg
— festus musembi (muisyo) (@festusmusembi7) August 23, 2019
5. We got our arses covered just in case Matiangi plays tricks on us with a one-day extension.
#Censuskenya2019 come baby come with census we are stocked for the weekend pic.twitter.com/rAKzDqNeOF
— james kanyi (@jayjaymachaa) August 23, 2019
6. Till death do us part, no man can put asunder.
Preparations for census are in high gear. If we can't go to the bar, then we will bring the bar to us. Waititu's doctrine.#CensusKenya2019 pic.twitter.com/IV8A69mtdi
— Victor Mochere (@VictorMochere) August 22, 2019
7. We are the smartest of them all.
The GOK thinks it will find me at home during #Censuskenya2019 even with all that vitisho. pic.twitter.com/o3MfOdlfZs
— Booyo. (@1Kimutai) August 22, 2019
8. Alcohol and football is food for the soul. EPL fanatics where you at?
So if they count me at 6:30pm I still can't go out of my home n into my local pub to watch football because they're all going to be closed?
🤔🤔🤔
Is this Kenya in 2019?#Countmeout#Censuskenya2019 pic.twitter.com/Gy7wfNdWzi— ping pong official 🇰🇪 (@pauliddiali) August 22, 2019
9. Stocking up for the long weekend ahead. No beer no census.
Of important is #censuskenya2019 but it's more importanter to keep stock 🍺🍻 pic.twitter.com/zj5Lb5L13Q
— George Waweru (@MkulimaMdogo) August 22, 2019
10. For keeps.
Let the games begin #Censuskenya2019 #census2019 pic.twitter.com/ZV5jCryLdR
— Dennis Aldedra (@aldedra) August 23, 2019
