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  LESSONS THAT KENYAN COUPLES CAN LEARN FROM THE PARENTS OF SINCERELY DAISY.         “Spoiler alert” “Sincerely Daisy,” is the third movie to make a premier on Netflix.  This show is a coming of age story about a girl who is transitioning from high school to university and how her journey for self-discovery unfolds.  This interesting tale was one I enjoyed but the two who in my case stole the show were Daisy’s parents. The duo baba Daisy (Sam Psenjen) and mama Daisy (Mbeki Mwalimu) onscreen chemistry was off the roof.  What fascinated me about the two characters was how the writer creatively crafted the two characters who are dynamic and different but were perfect for each other. They are unlike most conventional couples/parents in Kenya.  Firstly, their open display of affection was something unique I don’t mean nonexistence in Kenya I just mean not common. The opening and the ending of the movie shows the couple lovingly wrapped...

 SAY WHAAT? "I am sorry I did not get that,could you repeat it ?" In the year I spent abroad,I heard this statement about twice  everyday. At first I did not mind repeating and repeating  over again what I had said to make things clearer . I had to be the one saying things wrong .English is after all a second language to me, surrounded by native speakers, I had to try extra hard to make myself understood.  I was wrong .I  came to the realization that, I was just speaking their language the only way I knew how and  I was not going to apologize for that. In Kenya we can quickly tell where someone comes from from the way they speak. Over the years it has become quite clear that there is a 'right' way to speak.Failure to learn this way results in ridicule. All the comedy shows ridicule the various communities and how they speak. Its all in good fun until we realize that we are creating more division.We have quickly moved on to giving our children not just one o...