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Luanda Reggae Defenders - what is your long term agenda?

Luanda Reggae Defenders is a now a popular movement with roots in Vihiga and border Siaya and Kakamega counties Attention is brought to the manner and conduct the movement has gained fame and followers, mainly the Youths. The movement capitalizes on funerals. With a poor culture of putting the dead to rest, the Reggae Defenders have taken it by storm and rebranded the infamous ‘Disco Matanga’ – disco at funeral. Reggae Defenders on move. Pic: Charles Rankings: Facebook They mobilize quickly on the day the dead will be discharged from the mortuary. They have this huge old school sound system that is over buzzing to no clear reggae song - that they hire a pickup to carry - and it has a young DJ mainly standing there than mixing anything. Often, against the rules, the casket is grabbed from a hearse vehicle and tied to a motorbike. There it will be swayed and jerk breaked between other motorbikes on the narrow roads. That, is, how a fellow soldier, often a young dead, is mourned. ...
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Izava Walk; Water Mill

Among the descendants of Kirima is Mmasingira. He gave birth to Maraha, Kiguru, Visonye, Maroka and Idare. The respondent was from the house of Idare. He later drew me a sketch of posho mill that operated using Izava river.

A barrier was constructed against the flow to direct water along a dike. Water flowed in to a structure that stored a few timber and two main stones. Down at the machine, a turbine was turned by the flow, pivoting to circle the upper stone. The stones were burrowed to let the crank shaft pass through. A funnel towered it. Grain entered through it was hold between the stones with the lower one static. Between them, flour was collected and down, water conduited back to Izava.

The problem with our people is jealousy, young man. Organisation is too poor here. No one likes when another seems like moving forward. Therefore people pull sideways. He pointed at a long time construction that would be a hospital. Stuck! Children played down there. Anagasha spring poured around.

A nice ox-bow at Kisigori was beautiful to behold but made ugly by the bare land hosting young maize. During rainy season, by look, the places badly soaked. A look at the last river overflow signalled harsh conditions for the crops when it rains. By look, it was a whole swamp before encroaching. This largely proceeded to Wandede where as it seemed, the whole valley bottom preferred maize to eucalyptus.

Ending the day, splash at the rock before Bukulunya- Chavakali bridge was a good place to sit and breath rest. Men showerd. Chavakali High pumped its water from there with equipments too old to suggest when Levi was a student.

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