Comments on: A most peculiar nation we are…

By: Sunny Bindra

Sunny Bindra — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:44:15 +0000

Christine:

You can e-mail me via the “Contact Sunny Bindra” link on the top right. However, finding the time to do a questionnaire is unlikely…

By: Christine Wanjiru Gichure

Christine Wanjiru Gichure — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:31:38 +0000

I have a questionnaire for Sunny Bindra, please let me have your e-mail contact so as to explain what it is all about and send you the copy and web link.

I would also like to have a face to face interview with you.

Thank you

Lecturer,Kenyatta University
Global survey coordinator (EasternAFrica)

By: Sunny Bindra

Sunny Bindra — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:04:05 +0000

Emmanuel:

Can your speedy friend confirm that he is more important than the rest of us, and that his time is more valuable?

By: Emmanuel Maswach

Emmanuel Maswach — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:07:24 +0000

Hi Sunny,

I enjoyed reading your peculiarity article and i had to show a friend who has the abit of overlapping and speeding like a wild animal. everytime i tell him not to over speed on Kenyan roads as it is unpassable unlike the Roads in Germany- talking about Autobahn. More peculiarities are welcome. good article

By: Sunny Bindra

Sunny Bindra — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:25:36 +0000

Incidentally, why do you all allow ‘overlapping’ drivers to cut into the queue? I never, ever do. Another Kenyan peculiarity? Docility in the face of aggression?

By: Nimo

Nimo — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:08:12 +0000

Hi Sunny… Nice article last Sunday! Here are a few other peculiarities:

- The long sermons at funerals even when the dearly departed was not a church goer.

- Still on funerals… Kenyans tend to make funerals one huge ‘get together’… Probably the largest networking arena in Kenya today!

- Kenyans love use their place of employment as a last name eg John UNEP, Sara Citibank etc.

- Kenyans are just too obsessed with cars it’s trully comic. We just have to drive our cars… Car pooling and cycling and biking and walking are non-Kenyan pursuits. Even when petrol retailed at Ksh 110/litre, we still drove all our cars!

By: MORIS

MORIS — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:49:00 +0000

Indeed we are a peculiar nation. For me the most outstanding peculiarity is the fact of becoming religious only a day in a week. No wonder our country can never heal from one tragedy after the other! If we worshipped our Creator in our work as jounalists, politicians, teachers, drivers, policemen, bankers, receptionists, businessmen etc, i am sure we would not be complaining much. But if we only become prayerful and ‘good’ on Fridays or Saturday of Sunday, then infact we are demeaning the same Super Being we claim to adore. May He forgive us.

By: Sunny Bindra

Sunny Bindra — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:16:16 +0000

Francis:

Yes, Kenyans and phones: every call is so important that it must be answered. Whether in a meeting, in the cinema, driving…

By: Francis

Francis — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:13:36 +0000

Your article yesterday was very funny & interesting to read. Another Peculiarity you left out:- receiving a phone in the middle of a serious meeting, only to apologize after coming back from outside.

By: Samuel Ndirangu

Samuel Ndirangu — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:40:22 +0000

The funniest one is seeking pity by showing the salary after deductions. This one is sooo common that I had come to accept it as normal.