Time has come for us ditch 'Kenya' and give our country a new name

Additionally, many societies in the world - even in the irreverent West where familial affinities are on a serious decline - still frown upon the temerity of uttering mother's maiden name explicitly (let alone asking her to change it!).

Exempted, of course, are instances when the name is spoken in the softest and most solicitous serenades composed in her praise, or else, in extraordinary circumstances such as the pain of death. This makes me extremely jittery as I submit that time is now time for 'Mother Kenya' to contemplate a name-change.