Now, am increasingly getting annoyed by people calling me mzee. Am in my mid 30s but am getting very uncomfortable when am addressed as mzee. For heavens sake it's my old man who has just turned 60 who should be addressed as mzee. Of course I have no problem with my 12 Yr old daughter calling me daddy.

I was recently living in England and the people participating in dancing competitions on TV were older than I am I.e. in their late 30s or early 40s. The news casters on Channel 4 and BBC etc TV are in their 40s, 50s and 60s. Infact some premier league stars including Drogba, Beckham etc are older than I am.And here I am being addressed as mzee. Of course a few strands of white hairs have started to appear on my left temple but i have taken good care of myself hitting the gym 3 times a week and am in my mid 30s and still feeling very young. This mzee tag is driving me nuts. I thought they said life starts at 40. Seems the Kenyan society is very ageist. Are there any other mid 30s facing this dilemma?

I have single lady neighbour who is probably your agemate and an upwardly mobile executive in a multinational. She has a maid who is old enough to be her mother.

The workers refer to her as mama wa nyumba and her maid as msichana wa nyumba .....

Are you sure they are not calling you msee?

What's in the name?....Your juniors will call you Mzee as an honour despite being older than them and since it might not be possible to stop them,learn to live with it.

please disclose your real age..you've insisted thrice up there that you are in mid 30s..any way just relax..uzee si ugonjwa,within no time you will be as old as your father God willing..be glad of seeing another day..good advice there from guka..wendy and wanyuru will add onto this....