‘Mambo Ni Matatu’ phrase on Tuesday made a debut at the Africa Climate Summit.
President William Ruto used it in his speech while explaining ways to ease access to finances by African countries.
"While we are thinking about financing in Africa, three things are very important. As they say in Kenya, mambo ni matatu (there are three things)," he said.
"Speed, scale and affordability are required to ease access to finances by African countries."
Kenyan leaders and guests seated at the summit burst into laughter when Ruto mentioned the phrase.
The mambo ni matatu phrase came into existence last week when President Ruto used it to warn sugar cartels.
He told the sugar cartels that they would have to either cease their corrupt ways or leave Kenya, go to jail or go to heaven.
"Mambo ni matatu; hama Kenya, enda jela ama safiri mbinguni," Ruto said then.
The words have now become a sensation on social media, particularly on the "Mambo ni Matatu" Twitter trend, Kenyans reacted to the president's statement with wit and humour, sharing funny tweets under the trending hashtag
