Kenya is blessed with diversity and beautiful natural features. But there are habits which Kenyan men and women possess which are not attractive. Below are some of the most annoying habits of Kenyans.
Traffic Police Officers
Traffic police officers are known for collecting bribes-it not a secret. The habit has become normal, but what annoys even passengers and matatu operators is the way the men and women in uniform ask for the bribe. Initially, they used to make it a secret but nowadays it’s as if it’s their right. The most annoying thing about these people is that they pretend to be looking at the insurance cover while holding the driver’s driving license.Finally, they take the money by force and “flag off” the vehicle.
Weddings
I am here, not even married or married but didn’t manage to do a wedding because of financial constraints, but here is a man with his pot belly forcing you to join his wedding committee. He will first open a WhatsApp group, then add you to the group. He will go ahead and send you a message indication that you have been included in the wedding committee. If you make a mistake of joining the committee, he will make sure you pay 10k for his wedding.
Another case is when an individual gives you a wedding card, not invitation card but funds drive card.To make it worse the card comes with heart wrecking cost, say Ksh5,000.
If you want to do a wedding, please don’t extend your problems to others. A wedding is not a disease or death, it’s a personal choice. If at all you don’t have finances, postpone it.
On phone
Imagine you are discussing something important with a friend, and throughout the time you are together she is on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter-she is not even listening to what you are telling her.
Since the entry of smartphones to the country, people have literary moved from face to face to social media conversation. Kenyans value interacting on social media than physically with a fellow human being
Borrowing money
A good friend will tell you he is in a fix. He will go ahead and borrow Ksh100,000 and promise to refund after two weeks. Immediately you help him, he will change his phone number and relocate to another estate.
Passengers in a matatu
I am passing along Mombasa Road, busy listening to sweet music with my earphones, all of a sudden I hear something pouring on my head, wiping it I realize it’s vomit, and after looking at a matatu which had just passed me, I see a woman closing the window.
Kenyans like throwing things out of a moving matatu, which is a very annoying habit.
Last Minute rush
Take a case of Kenya Revenue Authority which collects tax returns each year. The institution starts receiving the returns three months before the deadline but Kenyans with their peculiar habit wait until the last minute for them to submit their forms. If they don’t manage, they will beg KRA to extend the deadline
Kenyans are used to “last minute” rush.
Serikali saidia
Kenyans believe the government is the main cause of their problems. Even a man with 12 children thinks his poverty originated from the government.
University graduates believe the government is denying them jobs. These people are not aware that education is there to give them skills and to learn ways of becoming independent through entrepreneurship.
Social media
Immediately a girl accepts your friend request, you start a conversation:
Man:”hey
Girl:”fine”
Man:”Where do you live”
Girl:”Nairobi”
Man:”where do you live so that we can hook up”
Girl:”I don’t even know you,why he hurry”
Man:”I love you”
Girl:”goes mute”
Now these are some of the conversations Kenyan women encounter each day.In Kenya,men always think women are stupid especially on social media,they often enter conversations with several girls and the girl who accepts his advances first will be the “food that night”.
Listening to a song
I am in a matatu and a song, which is a hit, is being played. One man sited next to me starts singing alongside the song, in a loud and annoying voice. This is annoying I tell you.
Tribalism
I cannot even dwell on this because it’s worse than cancer
