This week we’re talking about bodies, fat and shaming. A few days ago, the notorious #KOT took aim at Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, making fun of him for gaining a few pounds. This came after images of the president on an official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo started making rounds on social media. In the images, it was evident that Uhuru has packed on a few kilos. He looked rounder than his usual self, and for that fact alone, he became the subject of a plethora of mean memes and cruel comments. Some went so far as to accuse him of “adding weight” because he had been “eating our taxes”. All the attacks were targeted at the personhood of the president, with a very tenuous link being drawn between Uhuru the man and Uhuru the policymaker. But it is one thing to criticise a president for poor governance and quite another to critique him on his personal appearance. Listen is as we take the long view of the various arguments for and against.