More recently, gospel singer Bahati has also had his share of the bullies who focus on his marriage life to demean him. PHOTO| FILE| NATION MEDIA GROUP
The effects of cyber-bullying are grave, whether it happens to a man or woman.
The most effective way we can address cyber-bullying is by being empathetic towards other people online, men and women alike and condemning the bullies.
Custodians of morality and the purest of the purest lambs have now taken it upon themselves to whiten dirty linens. They are terming it as ‘exposing bad deeds’ but we know it’s not an expose. Neither is it something to be proud of in the name of blogging. It’s cyber-bullying, and it leaves victims mentally and emotionally bruised.
This period of Covid-19 has seen tremendous increase in cases of cyber bullying, and while it can be attributed to idleness or loneliness as more people have been staying at home, bullying can never right a wrong. Kenyan Twitter trends have been a buzz of leaked private conversations purportedly relating to respected Kenyan men who are now the latest victims of this vice. Rumours atop rumours about who’s cheating on his wife with who got Kenyans talking, bashing and condemning.
