Morality on Life Support
Morality on Life Support There’s a quiet crisis unfolding around us — not one of money or politics, but of conscience. You can feel it in the news, in classrooms, in how people talk about leadership. The rules that once held society together are starting to feel negotiable, and we’ve gotten too used to shrugging it off. Lately, it feels like society’s compass is spinning. Everyone can sense it — that quiet unease that something deeper than politics or the economy is off. We blame corruption, broken systems, selfish leaders, but beneath it all sits a moral crisis eating through our institutions and, slowly, our confidence in one another. Across Kenya, trust has been eroding. A recent survey by The Star found that only 38% of Kenyans still trust government institutions. That’s down from over half a decade ago. Trust in the presidency — once soaring above 70% in 2014 — now sits at around 45%, and confidence in the police has dropped to about 36%, according to AllAfrica. These ...
