Another African Leader labelled his citezens 'thieves' after Buhari had said that Nigerians are responsible for the poor image of the country

Kenyans are "experienced in stealing and perpetuating other crimes", the president has said, during a state visit to Israel.

Uhuru Kenyatta added that Kenya was "20 times more wonderful" than Israel, but "all we ever do is complain".
Kenyans were also abusers, and promoted tribalism, he said, in an address to Kenyans living in Israel.
Mr Kenyatta has been accused of failing to do enough to curb corruption and of stirring up ethnic violence.
His comments were seen as an attempt to encourage Kenyans to develop their country, like Israel, says the BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.

NigeriansAreNotCriminals! Nigerians slam Buhari over UK Telegraph interview.

Some Nigerians says the underline statement was President Muhammadu Buhari's

That ''Nigerians are currently responding to President Muhammadu Buhari who had said on Friday that Nigerians are responsible for the poor image of the country, as they often get involved in criminal activities around the globe''.     Please click on the link below to read full story

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He seemed to question why Kenya was lagging behind, and had to even learn about irrigation from a desert country, our correspondent adds.

However, many Kenyans believe that the president's speech was just rhetoric, and he was not serious about tackling corruption or ethnic divisions in the East African state, our reporter says.
They complain that ethnicity determines whether they get government jobs, and bribery and corruption are endemic in government, he adds.
Mr Kenyatta was accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes against humanity for allegedly inciting ethnic violence after elections in 2007, in which more than 1,200 Kenyans were killed.
But the case was dropped in 2014 after the prosecutor's office said it did not have enough evidence against him.
He always denied the charges.

#IAmANigerianNotACriminal

The number one trending topic on Nigerian Twitter this morning is #NigeriansAreNotCriminals, a social media protest against Buhari's statement during an interview with UK Telegraph where he said;

"Some Nigerians claim is that life is too difficult back home, but they have also made it difficult for Europeans and Americans to accept them because of the number of Nigerians in prisons all over the world accused of drug trafficking or human trafficking"

Some Nigerians are unhappy with the way the president stereotyped Nigerians and took to social media to slam him.