Popular American Youtuber Mr. Beast has elicited reactions from Kenyans following his latest YouTube post highlighting his projects across Africa including building boreholes in schools and communities.
The content creator, who has 207 million subscribers on YouTube, posted the video on Saturday, November 4.
In the video, Mr. Beast highlights his projects including the construction of 52 boreholes in Kenya to help vulnerable communities.
Kenyans took note of the project, with some praising the content creator for his charitable work as others condemned the Kenyan government for failing to channel taxpayers’ money for the good of the people.
Notably, the video has since received more than 31 million views.
“I already know I’m going to get canceled because I uploaded a video helping people. I’m always going to use my channel to help people and try to inspire my audience to do the same,” Mr. Beast stated in his X post.
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Reactions From Kenyans After Boreholes
In addition, Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi was among the individuals who reacted to the video criticizing the Kenyan government.
According to Mwangi, the Members of Parliament in Kenya had failed its people adding that the politicians fueled their cars and lived luxuriously but could not build boreholes for the needy communities.
“We are a shameful, horrible country. Every five years we give newly elected members of parliament, and senators a Sh5 million car grant, to fuel those cars every month.
“But we have no money to drill boreholes for our people? We are a begging nation governed by multimillionaires,” Mwangi lamented.
On the other hand, some have praised and appreciated Mr. Beast’s efforts to help vulnerable communities in Africa.
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Mr. Beast Highlights other Projects in Kenya and Africa
In his plan to build 100 wells across Africa, Mr. Beast has established wells and boreholes in Kenya including at a school in Nairiri, Meru County.
Additionally, he was also seen erecting water tanks and piping the water for easy access.
He further revealed equipping classrooms with computers, adding that it was part of his efforts to make learning accessible for all.
At the same time, he donated balls and built bookshelves in other schools.
The American content creator said when he came across an impassable wooden bridge that posed danger to residents, he decided to make effort to build it.
Notably, the projects are in different countries including Zimbabwe, Uganda, Somalia, and Cameroon.
