Dear Kenyan celebrities, stop destroying your lives to impress us

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A few months ago, I wrote here why it is so difficult to sell hard work to the youth. I opined that the rise of socialites has provided the youth with a virtual reality that is characterised by luxury and lifestyles that are way out of reach for many fresh college graduates and start-up business owners.

I dare add today that Kenyan celebrities are fast becoming prone to the temptation living a lie on social media. They go to extreme lengths to look like they have their socio-economic lives all figured out, complete with luxury cars and expensively furnished apartments. Do not get me wrong; many of them can actually afford the extravagant lives they portray. Others, however, live lives on the fast lanes on social media while in reality, they can barely put food on the table.