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Unforgiving KOT bash Duale for misspelling this word

By HILARY KIMUYU September 5th, 2017 2 min read

Kenyans on Twitter have schooled Garissa Township MP Aden Duale on the correct spelling of a ‘simple’ English word which he misspelled in a tweet directed at Nairobi Women Representative, Esther Passaris.

The word which has seen Mr Duale benefiting from free English lessons from KOT is ‘descent’ or rather ‘decent’.

It all started with a tweet from Passaris who had taken issue with Duale for telling off Nasa presidential candidate Raila Odinga over demands for the removal of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

And with that, Ms Passaris got a series of tweets from the honorable MP who tried to offer an explanation.

But the tweet which caught KOT’s attention is this one:

Kenyans on Twitter promptly gave Mr Duale a quick crash program on the difference between ‘descent’ and ‘decent.’


Some also bashed him for picking a fight with the new Nairobi Woman Representative.