Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi wrote on Twitter that after writing a Facebook tribute to Wainaina, hateful, homophobic comments derailed his message:
Mwanaharakati Mkenya Boniface Mwangi atuma ujumbe kupitia Twitter baada ya kutuma ujumbe wa kusifia Wainaina kupitia Facebook; chuki na maoni ya ushoga zilifuata ujumbe wake.