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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 #17

- Vukiri vudiku novoraa vuyu numugasu -

(Translation; It is still night and you are saying Anonymous is blessed)

Kisundi nichovora orol'lee mu kindu mba. Niwari otevwe chorori umaa wivare rugano. Sigenyaa mundu yikumi kwing'ana noho kukindu chatamanyi vurungi vwacho mba.

Mang'ana gi kisundi namadinyu. Ganyara kuva riveshi. Kinyara kuva nikivwa chivika risero rie rigondi. Utasuvirira mu dave. Nuva ovee mugeri umaawegehiza kijira si niviosi ving'ereng'anaa vivee zing'ereng'ani vava!

Mundu akubirwaa rugano yiru niyari yasuvirira mumundu naleve. Varara vamaa vagoyanywa na vandu, vagwa vasiru. Nuwari uviganihizi vasura. Umwiganihizi agwa mudamanu. Kivuni kenenene onyora ni vandu vaveye nerisuvira riu vuyingu mu vandi.

Kari niva nivurahi kusuvirana, genyaa mundu ava nuvwogo vwukumanya kiriha kirahi na kiriha kitaveye kirahi. Mang'ana gukubadika kindu noho mundu numurahi nasiwamumanya wosi dave si gavee marahi mba. Mugeri amaa aha mundu vusuvirifu kivara, vwosi mba.

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