This archive report was first published on 8 November 2019.
Larry Madowo's Social Media Detox Ends with a Bang ¶
Former NTV news anchor Larry Madowo took a two-month social media break without alerting his followers, but nobody seemed to notice until he returned to celebrate his latest feat on November 6, 2019.
On his comeback, Larry revealed that his BBC radio documentary was nominated for the 2019 AIB International Media Excellence Awards, which he ultimately won.
"Back from a 2-month social media break to learn that a BBC radio documentary I presented was nominated for an award! I loved working on it & I’m so glad people around the world enjoyed it," Larry tweeted.
He also bragged about winning the award, saying: "We won! My first ever radio documentary and we won!"
Before that, Larry brought the ever-entertaining Kenyans on Twitter out to play when he asked about what he missed during his social media detox.
"I planned to take 30 days off social media but I enjoyed it so much that I doubled it. I learnt 72 new languages & built a house with my bare hands. What did I miss?" tweeted Larry.
Kenyan netizens in their hundreds duly responded with hilarious updates of everything that happened when he was away.
Some of the responses included:
- Just go through Miguna Miguna TL to know your real father!
- Ekuru Aukot’s Mzigo was Punguzwad, he is now a lightweight, politically speaking
- Éric Omondi is now with J. Maribe, Jowie still locked but everyone is out on bond including Mrs. Cohen & Obado.Baba’s bedroom is under ‘sieke’.NASA funeral in Kibra.Hussein of Citizen left.No major terrorist attacks so far. Moi & Kibaki are not well. What else #KOTLoyals?
These are just a few of the many hilarious responses from Kenyan netizens.
