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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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Kora, Kola - 'l' and 'r' are back!

Baba, umanye ritumikira ria 'l' riretaa rigotwa ritiga rimanya. Henza ku yaha; -

Kora is work/tasked, as spoken, if we write kola, here is the tragedy. It will come during kunyambua.

Fanya - kora - kola*
Ufanyi - vokori - vokoli*
Fanyia - korera - kolela*
Fanywa - korwa -kolwa*
Fanyika -koreka -koleka*
Fanyisha -koriza -koliza*
Fanyishwa -korizwa -kolizwa*
Fanyikana -korekana -kolekana*
Fanyiana -korerana -kolelana*
Fanyafanya -korakora -kolakola*

🤓, Now, the above is only to put across a simple point.
What would be the difference between 'Fanya and Fanyia' in  direct speech? (Kola and kolela) - We of course speak the latter as kol'la, lengthened 'l'.

Now, we use 'l' in ruragori* for convenience, shortcut. It should never be in writing.

Official  - Spoken
Korera - kol'la
Korora - kol'la
Korerwa - kol'lwa
Vururu - vul'lu
Ivirira - ivil'la
Ivuriri - ivul'li
Harara - hal'la
Rora - L'la

The tongue should be guided by the brain, to understand. Shut up is 'sharap', din't is a result of 'did not' and English only allows it in direct speech.

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