The reading culture in Kenya is quicly taking a nose dive. The dwindling trend can be attributed to the slaggish nature of some people in catching up with the emerging trends and news. It is worrying that most people cannot read a few pages whenever they are free. Similarly, the writing culture has lost its fans. This has realy affected the indigenous literature leaving a vaccum for foreign literature.
If you happen to pass by City Hall in Nairobi, you can affirm this by the gatherings you find there. Most of the topics discussed there are political with someone taking the lead in analysing the newspapers and other media coverage. You will note that there are those who receive audience due to their prowess in reading and interpreting newspapers. Funny enough, it's likely that somebody in the crowd will be holding a newspaper which he bought but probably had no time to read.