Just stumbled upon some TV programme moderated by Victoria Rubadiri. They just told a group of young men to call their fathers and tell them that they love them. Yaani you call mzee and tell him "Mzee, nakupenda sana"

Mimi sijawahi ona upuzi kama huo. No wonder I don't watch TV. Wacha nikasome.

better tell him while both of you are well and alive

Kabisa.It is unafrican and unacceptable.Kuna moja ilifanywa na capital fm kitambo..

Mine passed on close to a decade ago. He never uttered those words but I never doubted his love for me and my siblings.

He showed it by his actions! That was enough.

Hata mimi sitaki kushinda nimeambiwa nimependwa. Kwani some of these guys like Pst Simon Mbevi and Ian want to turn men into women?

Then they're pushing us to cry...I can count the number of times I've cried since class 6

Let's just leave man the way he is

It is more complicated than that. This word love is too simple to describe the emotions between people. The true nature of those feelings cannot be accurately captured in words. Also many people assume that the relationship they had with their parents is the same that everybody had with their parents.

There is also the problem that there are certain feelings that are appropriate for certain relationships regardless of how that relationship actually is. For example the appropriate feeling to have for your parents is that of love regardless of how your actual relationship is or was.

I have come to the accept the fact that I do not love my parents. (To the best of my understanding of what this word love means) I am not proud of the fact. I do not feel good that I do not love them, actually I feel bad that I do not love them and I feel real guilty about it when I think about it. I however cannot lie to myself that I love them. Its how I feel and I don't think I can change that.