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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. ...

Saying #2

-Nuwima musakuru, yaria; niwima mwana narie -
niwima- selfish, being mean
musakuru -aged, old
yaria - he ate, she ate
mwana - child, kid
narie - will eat
Musakuru ni mundu wamenya mukivara madiku matambi na yavitira mang'ana manyingi. Aveye novogeri vwi vindu vinyingi. Umwana naye numundu mukekeke aveye na madiku manyingi Kivara nikimurindi. Rwa azizagiriraa komenya nindio sha nave nende vogori vwi kivara.
Vandu vaveye nuvwimani ku vindu vinyingi. Nogenda onyora vasuraa kwingiriza vageni. Onyora vadidikanaa ku kumanya vuyu navendi. Kari mang'ana no vogeri vandi vimanaa. Varara venyaaza nivamanyi vave novogeri vwene. Ku umwana narori yaga amaa yisigatira mumwoyo yenya kokora zinguru amanye nikindiki kiviswaa yicho. Na musakuru amanyira mumwoyo agadwaa.
Kutavoranga kuyanze vasakuru koreke vana dave noho kusivuri vana kwiviriri vasakuru dave kijira vosi vaveye no vokonyi vwavo. Umusakuru arakokonya karunu, mwana mugamba. Genyaa kwisundi havasakuru vaveye vakovol'le chavamanya. Na vana navo vigizwi vukiri kijira vanyara kuza kumanya mang'ana murirora ridamanu.
Rigari rigari mundu samanyaa sha mugamba vuchezaa mba. Anyara korora musakuru amuzarava kuvura kumanya mumadiku gafwa musakuru yari mundu we kegero. Na mwana naye niyari mudedekere aviruka agwa mundu we chekoyero. Yaga gavezaa mageni kandi madinyu ku mundu wu mwoyo mudamanu.

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