From now Kenyans should not learn and understand their hosts accent and languages just because Wazuans dont like it.!!

What you guys dont understand is that this is a cultural issue, it may be true that diasporans in America are more particular about personal hygiene than the rest, because thats how American culture is. Trust me, even amongst the most African of Africans, Nigerian men, I have not as of yet met one who says he cannot and will not use deodorant. If you have a job, you have to maintain personal hygiene, otherwise your co-workers will complain to your boss, you will be pulled aside and given a warning, if you dont abide you will be fired or taken to a dept where you can work by yourself. Americans only care about the bottom line, if your lack of using deodorant makes Becky uneasy, unable to focus and unproductive, trust me you will be axed. Even Indians in America dont have that distinct Indian smell, go figure. The only people who can afford to not have good personal hygiene are plumbers and car mechanics, everyone else has to shape up or ship out! So it has nothing to do with arrogance or Kenyans in US thinking they are superior, its the culture!
And like someone correctly pointed out, the Americans you encounter in Kenya are the wealthier ones and they are on holiday, they have all the time to listen and try to figure things out, they are there for an African experience. But the American in the US is a completely different person, he is usually overworked, stressed and always in a rush, he has no time to figure out if you're talking about a hat, a heart, a hut or being hurt. He is quickly annoyed and his anger is usually stoked by Fox about immigrants stealing all his jobs! So dont think that just coz you've encountered some Americans in Kenya and they understood you, that you somehow have an argument.
Lastly the accent is usually acquired subconsciously, one day you realize that you can pronounce things the American way. Granted there are those who try to force the accent trying to be cool, but most people just get tired of being told huh, and what did you say and being corrected on the right way to pronounce stuff, that they eventually pronounce it the American way. Thats why its ludicrous to me that that author is demanding we somehow just switch off the accent at JKIA as if its tap water. Imagine having to consciously remind yourself to pronounce something a certain way, when you speak you dont think of pronounciation you just speak. Even in academic papers, you have to spell things the American way eg they spell civilise as civilize, so thank God for Word, coz alot of us would get docked off for spelling errors. And the villager vs city comparison is spot on, case of the pot calling the kettle black.

Stereotype, am sure enough Wazuans deal with Americans of all levels on a daily basis whether in Kenya or wherever and they are not on holiday, this is the kind of thinking that pisses the Kenyans in Kenya, because you are assuming no Americans, do business in Kenya? or are you assuming the Kenyans who live in Kenya and visit America have not encountered Americans who speak proper English, forget about the slang and wengs in the harlems.

I am normally not offended by accents... they are a survival mechanism. What I am pissed off by is
1. forgetting to speak your mother tongue or swahili
2. picking up an accent as soon as you go through a successful visa interview

western union. The girl has valid points si kama jamaa flani