This week, President William Ruto complained that Kenyans are too steeped in negativity and that they fear celebrating good things about their country.
This must have been in response to the ever-rising levels of disappointment evident in Kenyans' views of the Kenya Kwanza government in general, and specific individual public officials in particular.
The situation is so bad, especially on social media, that several leading public figures now routinely call for "regulations" of social media to instill respect in public officials.
Out of context, it would seem that we are indeed an uber negative society that has no regard for national symbols of unity or any sense of social decorum.
