Is depersonalisation now the new norm in Kenya?

The first thing visitors want to know in your house is not your children’s names, but your Wi-Fi password. As they settle on their seats, they also settle on the Net. If there are children, they do the same, instead of playing in the yards. The TV is usually making noise in the background, mostly unnoticed.PHOTO: COURTESY

The first thing visitors want to know in your house is not your children’s names, but your Wi-Fi password. As they settle on their seats, they also settle on the Net. If there are children, they do the same, instead of playing in the yards. The TV is usually making noise in the background, mostly unnoticed.

In matatus, there used to be some joy in talking to strangers. Nowadays, everyone gets absorbed in his or her own world, on a sojourn to cyberspace. We used to talk to each while waiting for service in banking halls, in offices.