NASA leader Raila Odinga (c) with former Machakos governor candidate Wavinya Ndeti standing behind him. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
#10. Raila Odinga and Wavinya Ndeti
At position ten is the photo of NASA leader Raila Odinga and former Machakos governor candidate Wavinya Ndeti. The way she stood behind Raila with Kalonzo taking a photo of the memorable moment speaks it all.
#9. Githeriman
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The story of presidential award Githeriman is not strange to anyone. Not after he was captured on a queue on the day of elections eating his sumptuous meal in the wait for his turn to vote.
#8. Raila in Zanzibar
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When Ms Sasha Saraphine Wambui shared photos of herself with NASA leader Raila Odinga on Facebook, the country was taken by storm. It was not clear what kind of holiday the opposition leader had gone to Zanzibar for. Kenyans became quick photo analysts decoding how the two stood holding each other.
#7. Officer or Business Community member?
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There was the photo of a police officer suspected to be a member of the Nairobi Business Community. Everything about him resembled a NBC member whose photos had earlier circulated. It turned out that these were mere rumours.
#6. Woman advertising for husband
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Nairobi’s drama was not just about crime and politics. When solitude became too much for Ms Nyambura, she had to go to the streets with her daughter and try to find a soulmate. Problem is that when she got one (we pray she did), she never came back to the street with another placard reading MARRIED.
#5 Kisumu’s ‘naked’ cop in bra
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Well. To be a cop you don’t need uniform. Just a teargas canister and the guts to walk the streets of Kisumu in a revealing bra and pair of shorts.
#4. Jimmi Wanjigi challenge
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When police come to arrest your husband, you grow pinions and wrap the ones you love to protect them from harm. That is what Jimmi Wanjigi’s wife did. It however burst into a big challenge moment with Kenyans staging their own hilarious versions of the #WanjigiChallenge.
#3. Raila and Uhuru handshake
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With so much political tension in the air, Jubilee and NASA were not talking. Supporters were sleeping in different beds. But then there comes the head of state shaking hands with his opposition rival. This photo should be replicated between NASA and Jubilee supporters across the board.
#2. Peace police
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At a time the country was undergoing hostility, there was no friendship between citizen and citizen, and citizen and police. But a photo of an armed police officer having fun moments with rioting youths could not miss the attention of the country. Asante afande.
#1. Journalist rescues boy
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The most memorable photo will be that of a journalist rescuing a disabled boy from bees. In the political dirt and temperatures that were there ahead during and after the August 8 elections, bees came from nowhere and attacked street users near the Supreme Court in Nairobi. Everyone fleed. The boy would have suffered alone, perhaps to death, had the journalist not dropped his cameras to rescue him.