Why a Kenyan man can’t tell his father, ‘I love you Dad’

• A local radio station, back in 2014, carried out an interesting social experiment.
• They gathered a group of young men in their 20s and early 30s and asked each one to call their fathers and utter the three most dreaded words on Mars, “I love you”.

The anxiety expressed was real. Where does one start? How to broach the subject? “The old man will think I have lost the plot or that I’m thoroughly high on something herbal.” Eventually after some relentless pressure, each of the guys called their fathers in turn.