Wazua or Stockskenya?
Clearly a name matters big time going by the growing hullabaloo since baby Wazua was born. Her future looks so uncertain, mostly because of her name (see polls).
But does it matter what name you call your kid? Ponder these:
1)A guy called Dennis Mtokulipa approaches
you for a loan. His name ‘Mtokulipa’
suggests a defaulter. Would you lend him?
2)Would you employ a superbly qualified
accountant called Mukora or Mwizi as your
cashier?
3)Should a certain Joseph Taabu with his so
myriad difficulties in life, relationships,
health and at work link his misfortunes to
his name?
4)Picture this: your daughter brings home Mr.
Nyang'au, the man of her dreams. ‘Dad,plse
meet my friend Nyang’au.’ What will be your
initial reaction as the dad?
5)In Sweden there was a case of a parent
wanted to actually to name her child after
the alphabet using all 26 letters until the
court saw this and promptly denied her
petition.
Of course you should lend Mtokulipa if his creditworthiness is sound and proven, hire Mukora or Mwizi if they fit the bill; Taabu to do a lot of soul searching and see what he keeps doing wrong, Nyang’au to proceed and marry his love. But there are many who would hesitate to proceed as common sense dictates based merely on the names of these folks.
Research shows that the names we call our kids do matter.Forget those named after seasons or circumstances, those we understand.But some names we will never understand.
So why do parents call their kids ‘odd’ or 'strange' names like:
* Mwashetani
* Kaigangio (really. hehee..)
* Nguruwe
* Sungura
* Jolly
* God Bless
* Karianjahi
* Mukora
* Sungura
* Gatuang’ong’o
* My Dear
* Mwamgonjwa
* Desire
Is there a relationship between a name and the life a person leads? What are the strange names of people that SKerians aka Wazuans aka Wazuanites aka Wazuanese have heard?