"Umeskia tremor?": Nairobi man shares CCTV as afternoon with pal takes new twist

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- Kogi wa Magari shared CCTV footage showing his dance with gravity while chatting with a friend outside a Nairobi shop

- The incident was captured on a surveillance camera and quickly spread across social media

- Kogi reacted with a humorous caption joking that his fall was responsible for tremors felt across Nairobi

A Nairobi businessman has turned an embarrassing outdoor tumble into a viral moment after sharing CCTV footage of himself falling off a plastic chair during a casual conversation with a friend.

The surveillance clip shows Kogi wa Magari seated outside what appears to be a shop, engaged in conversation with a companion, when his plastic chair suddenly gives way beneath him and sends him crashing to the ground.

Rather than nursing any wounded pride, both men burst out laughing almost immediately, with Kogi retrieving the chair his friend had been using so they could continue talking as if nothing had happened.

Kogi's Earthquake Joke Goes Viral

Posting the footage on Facebook, Kogi leaned fully into the comedy of the moment. In his caption, he joked that anyone who had felt tremors in Nairobi that day had him to blame, writing:

"Kama mumeskia tremor in Nairobi, I am the cause...situational awareness=zero."* He wrapped it up with a warning to his followers: *"Ukicheka naku-block!"

Kenyans Hilariously React

The clip drew a wave of amused responses.

Paul Kirui shifted the blame squarely onto the manufacturers, writing: "These manufacturers should be sued, bwana. Ama waweke weight cause the rate it breaks is just scary.

"Anna Ma Abbi Wandia offered a sympathetic response that quickly gave way to laughter: "I am not laughing, aki pole.😂." Buzz M.

Madoff directed his criticism at Kogi's friend for exercising too much restraint, commenting: "I am so very disappointed with the fella in the grey sweatshirt juu mbona hajakucheka kwanza bana?! Very unprofessional friend that one! 😂"

The clip is a textbook example of the "caught on camera" genre that regularly finds an audience on Kenyan social media, where everyday mishaps filmed on security cameras often spread faster than planned content.

Watch the video below:

Source: TUKO.co.ke

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