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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. ...

A song of T-shirts.

Saniaga Mweremi S.H.G  Matunda. The group has been, as commented about it before, in existence for over 25 years. Happy are the members with the good guidance from Ambenge, the chairperson. Today they carried the saniaga identity higher by adorning themselves with T-shirts in a song. Thanks to @254788348833 for working on their production. Where they required improvements it was recorded and would be done so. And the message passed to them was of our nearing AGM on Dec 30th where we would put our minds together to see what engagements shall positively keep all saniagas connected. They are one of the well organised saniaga groups together with Saniaga Women at Kivagala and Saniaga Group in Nandi -Denja. There are more saniaga associations not yet reached and we hope that we may all team together for the greater potential goal in our hands.

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