Within minutes, Wainainas friends, followers and admirers flooded social media to swap tributes and memories while arguing which of his prolific writings had the most influence.
Kwa dakika chache, rafiki, wafuasi  na mashabiki wake Wainanina walifurika kwenye mitandao ya kijamii wakibadilishana kumbukumbu na shukrani na kujadili maandiko yake mengi yenye mvuto sana