I dont know if am being fussy but i find some of our fellow kenyans being increasingly annoying in our etiquette (or lack of) in some of these things that look so obvious.

People meet in different places. In whichever forum you meet, you are addressed differently.. Eg, in the estates, its common to find one being addressed as baba/mama boy,john, wangeshi, or whatever, in office, usually, its by first/last name, for relatives, sometimes you find them calling you your middle name (which by the way, its only them who may know it)...

Some people show up in offices and come asking for " mama/baba otieno/nyambura/kubaff" at the reception... I mean, how do you expect to be helped? how many parents have their children with the same name? And some of these are actually learned people looking for business... and even after they learn the person's "official" name, they still insist on calling him/her the estate name.... Ati "can i see baba shee".....who is this???

I share the post office box with my cousin.Due to technical problems i changed the lock.One day she sent her office messenger to pick the new key.When the guy opened the reception door he didn't even greet anyone instead he went like "Nimetumwa na Josephine kwa yule mwanamke anaitwa ........ nichukue funguo ya posta".I felt like blowing out his silly head.

@Ray,

The guy was rude and should have been more polite but what is wrong with describing you as ' mwana wa kike' I would not mind anyone calling me Mwanaume!

Guys,
Why is it that our Kenyan beauties do not like being called women yet it is a more distinguished identity than 'lady' which is linked to ' lady of the night'

Why do Kenyan motorists overlap others and pretend all is ok????
Hii tabia ilitoka wapi? Is it the schooling, culture, tribe ama nini??

what is the issue?
You don't like being called mwanamke. Kwani wewe mwanaume?
You don't like being called mama githenge, kwani wewe mama wangemi?