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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...

NIGHTINGALE

Is that the sound of Nightingale?
It is nine in the night
And other birds are asleep

Has somebody demolished its nest?
For the sound is a cry

Has its partner divorced him?
It must be male Nightingale crying

What is the joy of such a cry
In a full moon night?

Or is it because of the moon?
Today it is full. It is its death day

Please stop dear Nightingale
For your cry
Or that sound I hear
Increases my loneliness
And salts my eyes.


Picture Source: www.independent.co.uk

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