What happened to our moral values?

In old days, people believed in virtues like courtesy, kindness and patience. Kenyans, back in the good old days saw much value in doing the right thing. Being a person of virtue was laudable. My mother always boasts that when she was growing up, you could leave your purse unattended, return hours later and find all the contents intact.

One cannot help but view the contemporary Kenyan society with disillusionment. The rule of thumb in any situation, it seems, is eat or get eaten, kill or get killed, steal or be stolen from. Incessant back-stabbing and exploitation is the order of the day.