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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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L and r - gamura and gamula

[10/16, 9:04 PM] Lung'afa: Let us do some 'l' and 'r' continua.

If you say gamura and write gamula or gamul'la, you would have said something else.

Gamura is to catch something in the air, avocados maybe. Gamurira, shortly abbreviated in speech as gamul'la, means to sweat.

Lengthened, in what Kiswahili would say kunyambua, gamurira would be to catch for in the sense of kufanyia and gamuririra (gamul'lira in writing which would be confused with gamulila) would be to sweat for. You see the trick?

No conflict in writing would ever be apparent if 'r' was never replaced with 'l' in writing. That writing disincludes 'l'. Any rejections?

- Good night Family

[10/16, 10:48 PM] Baba Ndanyi: @⁨Lung'afa⁩
Gamura or gamula are same because neither 'r' nor 'l' is pronounced distinctly, but something in between, the meaning is to catch something mid air but with the mouth, when you use the hand or hands to catch the same is called nagira or nagila
Gamul'la or gamulira is to sweat.

[10/16, 10:55 PM] Kibisu Joash: Gamura is cud.

[10/17, 1:22 AM] Neccy Flossy: Igaamura is a cud. Their is aka pull on 'a'. Try doing that with 'u' or the last 'a' and u get a totally different meaning

[10/17, 1:25 AM] Neccy Flossy: Also the tone should be high for 'cud' rather than low for 'sweat'

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