Naomi Osaka, Japanese Tennis star on Tuesday launched a Media Company called Hana Kuma. The Tennis Star collaborated with fellow star from Basketball LeBron James. In their partnership, they have launched a media station which aims at airing Cultural practice. In a statement from Hollywood, the station has multiple projects in store.
The launch of this media station caused controversial response in Kenya as Kenyans On Twitter KOT translated the meaning in a different way. This made the "Hana Kuma" to trend. In Kenyan language (Kiswahili) the meaning of this title is of deep rift. In this way KOT used the phrase to refer to some rifts and adult content stuffs.
From the launching location, Hana Kuma has a beautiful and eloquent meaning. The station will air out various content that best suit the audience. In her speech, Osaka said that the media station is oriented towards serving the global media network.
The controversial Swahili meaning of Hana Kuma made it trend in Kenya especially on twitter. In Swahili this phrase is used to refer to a woman without her identification body part. The name of the media station sounded funny to many Kenyans and they reacted vigorously to show it. This made the phrase trend in Kenya.