Stop being defensive when Kenyans remind you of the weight of an oath

A hawkers sells flags outside Nyayo Stadium during the Jamhuri Day Celebrations on December 12, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Old standing Kenyan stereotypes are being challenged and are changing. Those who say they know Kenya and Kenyans now have to look at the country again. When they do, they will notice some wide depictions that have prevailed for a long time are waning and waned.

As politicians love to say "Wajinga waliisha Kenya" (Kenyans are not fools anymore). The increase in socio-eco-politico dynamics is even making it harder to make or sustain generalisations. Kenyans have been described often as they of a short memory. They either forget the wrong done to them and move on or forget the wrong they did and repeat it. But this short memory stereotype is now short-lived. The contemporary Kenyan has acquired a "lest you forget" mode. Media has aided this greatly by retrieving, comparing, and contrasting various expressions of a leader over time.