Mobile phone: Be wary of the new doubled-edged sword

Youth monitoring election results at a street in Nairobi during the 2022 polls. [Jenipher wachie, Standard]

Phones have evolved into crime scenes. The gadgets of communication have become gates into transgression. So we hold and hide them. We obey the "strong password" instruction. To some, the phone has become an 11th finger - attached to their palm.

Higher still, for some a phone is a third hand. The phone leads many into temptation, a dive into evil in the name of the glorious kingdom of knowledge. Technology is a double-edged sword. It can cut your meat or it can cut you into meat.