William Wangome Kimani

Kenya Through the Eye of the Naked Child: the Mirror in the Sand William Wangome Kimani

Everywhere there is cheating. Young children are into drugs and prostitution; athletes are into steroids; piracy of music and movies. People now say: "private life is private life. We don't want other people interfering" Add up all the various forms of ethical and legal misconduct and You have a moral crisis and decay that needs much more than verbal talk. With the widespread lack of trust in the integrity of those whom people look up to for leadership, the guilt at the sight of the dying from the pangs of hunger. . . . . the starvation and the unwillingness of communities to adopt new living techniques; makes a question arise: what has led to these radical changes from the stable past to a complete moral breakdown we witness today and what remedial measures will rectify the situation? Apart from consolation and acceptance, what more is required?