first. Still, if you were to walk into my parents’ den today you would find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures. His name? We just call him TV” Most Kenyan households especially in urban areas have access to TV. While in the past we could depend on the government to censor immoral programs, an increase in the number of television stations has meant that most TV stations schedule programs that will draw the highest number of viewers- hence the increase in the number of tele-novelas- better known as soap operas. Soaps operas were originally targeted at the ‘housewife’; the stories directed at the romantic and dangerous side of life, their aim being to bring in the viewer and make them want to watch, day after day. In Kenya, they seem to have succeeded quite well. In many homes daily, between 6pm and 9pm women are glued to the TV set. And in time these women are not alone in their addiction their husbands and childr ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????$??????????????????????????????????????????????????$?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????$?????????????????????????????????????????????????%???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]???? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????M???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]?????????????????????????????????QX????????????????????????????????????????q??????????????????????????????????????????????t??Q???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????QX??????????????????????????????9?????????????????????????????????????????%???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????q??????????t????????????????????????????????????M????????????????????????????]?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????M???????????????????????????????????????????????????????e????????????????????????????e????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q???????????????????????????????????????????????A????????????????????????????????????????????????e????????????????QX????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()Q!?M???Y=0????9????U UMP?????((??((0