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Why cracking jokes about Uhuru's weight gain is in bad taste

President Uhuru has always had a boyish look, one that belies the 59 years he has lived since arriving on these shores at 11:10am on October 26, 1961 at Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi.

Being a President’s son, it is safe to assume that was the only time he was slapped by a stranger, and on the butt no less, who was paid for the effort.

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