Winnie Odinga blasted after calling for national blackout during DP Gachagua address

Raila Odinga's daughter Winnie Odinga endured the unrelenting wrath of the internet after making a cryptic tweet which appeared to be a subtle dig towards the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's televised media brief on Monday evening.

Winnie, who has been conspicuously absent from X - her last activity was on August 5 - suddenly jumped online to share her reaction to the national presser being aired from Gachagua's Karen home, appearing to have been incensed by the DP and hoping to have him cut off air - somehow.

At around 8.09pm, while Gachagua was still going on and on about his family business and inherited millions, Winnie tweeted: "This is the longest e-citizen BRS list ever!"

BRS here, in Kenyan or international terms, could be interpreted to mean either, "bank reconciliation statement" or "Business Registration Service" both of which directly collerate with the bulk of the DP's media content.

An hour and a half later, Winnie again went back online to share her frustrations with the seemingly endless media brief, clearly hoping that a power mishap would shut down the televised conversation.

The EALA MP tweeted: "Where is a national blackout when you need it?"

Kenyans quickly picked up the mood of Winnie's tweet, clearly noticing that she was getting more and more exasperated with Gachagua's TV dominance and was now openly proposing a mechanical end to his presentations.

"Is this what you would have done if your father was president? Mischievously shut down power nationwide? Kenyans, we clearly dodged a bullet!" someone on X said.

Someone else said, "Incubated babies and those in ICU literally die during such blackouts. Politicians’ kids are just as disgusting as their parents!"

Caroline Mwenje, on her part, opined, "The moment you realize how much damage a national blackout  causes even if it's just 5 minutes, you'll never utter such words."

Popular X personality Shoba Gatimu also chimed in, with a rather wise take. He said: "You should be the last one to support blackouts. (In 2007), Your father had a good, early lead. A blackout happened, when the lights came back, inauguration was ongoing and it was not his."