Twitter has been commonly used for social networking. People also share news alerts though not popular as compared to Facebook.
A recent study shows social media use in the continent is growing, with South Africa sending the most tweets, followed by Kenya and Nigeria.
A Nakuru chief has gained popularity through twitter news alerts to his area residents.
Residents from Lanet Umoja in Bahati constituency said Francis Kariuki has been of great help to them.
Most of the residents have subscribed to his tweets through a free text messaging service. The messaging service have been life saving and benefecial in their daily lives.
The Bachelor of Psychology graduate said he uses twitter as a tool for community policing.
Most of Kariuki's tweets are about lost cattle, lost and found IDs and job vacancies in local schools.
He also shares motivation quotes and bible verses which goes well with his followers.
In a past interview, the tweeting chief said he found power to fight crime through social media.
“I realised that people’s problems are not necessarily resolved through taking the offender to a court of law, because even if this person is jailed, the problem may not have gone away,” the chief said.
Francis Kariuki has close to 70000 followers on twitter.