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The Kamnara of Sakwa are making ground to build for future generations

Greetings from the Kamnara of Sakwa! The Kamnara people of Sakwa on 27th December 2024 gathered at Village Park, Ajigo (near Bondo). Hosted by Kwaka Joseph, they hearkened to the consultative forum call, arriving in good numbers and early enough for a successful day. The gathering was chaired by Mr. Nying’ro James Onyango, a former (retired) assistant commissioner of Police. The introductions were excellent. The genealogies were mentioned in reverence, lengthy ones applauded. And courtesy of Enos Oyaya’s book, “Kamnara my people”, anyone who would need help had the documentation. Oyaya had launched the Kamnara book on 30th December 2022 at his home in Kamnara Mwalo, an event that gathered Vakamnara from far and wide. “What can we do that the generations to come will benefit from?” This was the clarion Mr. Kwaka Joseph called on all to fashion their minds to. And issues were raised in the fields of Education, health, agriculture, enterprise, politics and more that the swift dholuo would...
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People lose their hearts

People lose their hearts
When they grow big
For when I board the public bus
To go learn A B C D
I am expected to pay for the seat.

Were it not for the uniform
I'd not stand in between the seats

The different men and women
Whom I daily see
Are neither mothers nor fathers
To my friends at school
For if they trully were
One could let me rest on laps
By the window
And count the moving tall buildings
1 3 5 7

But see how they squeeze me
Backsitters rushing to alight first
My 8 year old body in between
Threatening to be crashed
Carrying the only heart around.

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