Gunshots in the Nairobi Night
I had just picked up my mom from the airport in Nairobi when gunshots rang out and even made their way to the gate of our hotel. I couldn't sleep so I just tweeted a lot.
- The Legends of Kenya are busy today promoting peace in a community not known for it. They've already had to deal with several incidents requiring ambulances.
- @MaggieFick On my way to pick my mom from the airport for a week of vacation. What great timing!
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896065600086130688
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Fri, Aug 11 2017 17:47:41 - Welp. Guess I won’t be sleeping. Nearby gunshots woke me up at 2am. #nairobi
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896164346119761920
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 00:20:04 - You think it would be cool to say, “i’ll take watch,” but when you mean it..not so cool! #nairobi
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896165500199223296
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 00:24:39 - Thing is I’m sitting in a nice hotel behind walls, gates, & electric fencing wide awake, but for many this is every day. #nairobi
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896166913692192768
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 00:30:16 - @LisaGHoover Gunshots without sirens. More like a war than an unexpected event. #nairobi
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896167538475880450
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 00:32:45 - @zigged Tomorrow some will deny there was any unrest at all.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896177012741726208
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 01:10:24 - Mom’s asleep now. Just heard first rooster crow.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896177233471131648
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 01:11:17 - Picked mom up at airport at 10:15 right as winner was announced. Driver needed gas. All stations closed. We made it back. Hope he did.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896177829251088384
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 01:13:39 - @mbuguz_254 Still awake? You live in Kibera? I’m nearby. Heard shots about 90 min ago south of bypass.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896180257652396032
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 01:23:18 - All seems quiet now. Maybe I’ll sleep for an hour (on top of my bed wearing clothes and shoes). Worried about the news tomorrow will bring.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896184272264015873
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 01:39:15 - Mom: “that’s gun fire.” Everything sounds like gun fire.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896188659808055297
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 01:56:41 - A car pulled in our guesthouse gate. Who in the hell was out there? Some guy moving in next door.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896189317500067840
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 01:59:18 - Helicopters still patrolling.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896190403283746818
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 02:03:37 - Again the gate squeaks open. I should just go hang with the guard.
https://twitter.com/KelseyTimmerman/status/896193268156968961
— KelseyTimmerman (@KelseyTimmerman)Sat, Aug 12 2017 02:15:00