In Nairobi, Matatu’s are like oxygen to the world, and so is graffiti to Matatus.
Matatus with stunning graffiti’s are actually magnets to the short distance commuters, and you stand a risk of losses if your Matatu looks dull and old fashioned.
And it is through
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Divock Origi
After an emphatic start with his manager Jurgen Klopp, Origi has been an epic player for Liverpool fans across the globe.
And so were his Kenyan fans, who decided to do a badge on a Matatu plying in the Eastern Regions of Kenya.
He just tweeted to appreciate the kind of love he had been shown
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Theodore
The movie star, shocked the entire world, and more so the Nairobians when he thanked the artists who had drawn his heart rendering graffiti on a matatu which operates in Nairobi.
Actor Robert Knepper who played Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell in the popular hit series Prison Break has hailed a Kenyan matatu
According to him, it was the least he could do at that time.
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Trey Songz
Came to Nairobi and instead on riding in a well-choreographed Matatu, by doing that, it went viral and it was away of publishing the much overlooked culture
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USA Ambassador Robert Godec
Godec looks like she has been assimilated into the Kenyan culture, she has traveled wide and far of Kenya’s soil.
She has on several occasions done
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Obama
The US President Barrack Obama has used Matatus way long back when he was still staying in Kenya. He mentioned his love for Kenyan culture including Matatus.
6. Stephen Curry
Did you know that Matatu culture is only exclusive in Kenya, and more profound in Nairobi city.
Stephen Carry, a basket star in American league, has actually acknowledged the Matatu grafitti.
He is one of the few international celebs who have fallen in love with Matatu culture, including Divock Origi, Theodre etc.
He wrote on twitter
So much love!!!! https://t.co/0zQqgoq5AS
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) November 8, 2017
Yo' @StephenCurry30, I thought you should know that there is a matatu (public transport) here in Nairobi, Kenya that pays homage to you! 😎 pic.twitter.com/BP2WSp94r6
— Lakewood Watches (@LakewoodWatches) November 5, 2017
