If you have been hearing the term umebant being thrown around lately, you are not alone.
Kenya’s younger generations are known for reviving nostalgic vocabulary and making it cool again and umebant is one of the reborn old-school slang.
The Vintage Sheng, once popular during playtime in the early 2000s which meant ‘you have failed’, is now making a strong comeback, with Kenyan youths creatively using the slang in hilarious ways.