Why Kenyan women look down on short men

American comedian and actor Kevin Hart

There is a picture of France’s President Francois Hollande, posing next to a tall model doing rounds on social media. Kenyans are poking fun at the vertically-challenged president, saying the model makes him looks like a dwarf! However, Hollande is not the first president to be mocked over his height. His predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy was notoriously sensitive and insecure about his height, and went to great lengths to disguise his small stature.

For instance, besides wearing specially-designed, stacked shoes, the brief head of state was always spotted standing on tiptoe during photo ops with his tall counterparts such as US President Barrack Obama. What’s more, he used to stand on hidden wooden boxes while giving speeches. Also, pint-sized Sarkozy is said to have banned tall, built bodyguards, fearing they would dwarf him in pictures. It is rumoured he even banned his tall model wife from wearing high heels when they were together, evident in all their photos.