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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. ...
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Mama, nziranyiaa risandiza

Murina wange munene ni nyina waa. Ndamuyanza kuvita vosi. Yainyanza kase. Rivugura kevogo nukunzuva nde zinguru ku vosomi nindi zigasi ziajira nunu kari nengenda ihare nzizagirira kwizuriza mama.

Nu waviruka muvisandu ma warerwa na guku noho senge noho yatakwivura ujira no vovereri mu mwoyo nuweteva, 'Wange nyina yafwanaa ndi? Yari anzumbake ndi? Oh, mama, yari ambe vuyanzi'. Gajira ndio niwavura kumurora.

Na yamurora, namuviha, namukuya kevogo chu vuyanzi, nava mwana wi imbiri, ichekorero, avezaa naveye nyina wa yamanya? Si novodoto kovora wamanya gosi ku nyina wovo dave. Kari muvuyanzi vura anyara kuva Angirung'ane.

Nu vutuji noho vudaka vwu wavirukira mu? Nuganagania, vwajira ku nyina wovo nava rugano. Vurahi vwivwe vwaturanaa ku kindiki? Rikugurira vidamudamu? Rihandarira ririe korora wakuria kandi wakunywa samu? Vuyanzi vwari vwa girigari noho 'vwagurwaa'?

Kijiraa nendeva nukuturana ne rirora riage ku vandu vanzaganaa navo. Varara vandu vikikaye, rikura ria nyina waa vaizura muvunadi vwizinzu, vasungu vavarangaa 'land ladies'. Varara varura, vandi vahoma. Varara vakungaa vandu vataatunga madanyi go komenya. Ni riva ritaveye rirahi. Ku nzeteva, nyina wange arava undi, gari gave ndi? Arava nizisendi, kwari komenye ndi?

Mama yaraa anyara kuzanga yengo isa nimwami ne rivora ndi, atura kuzigasi zizie. Yaraa akotere mureri mumba, akodekerange nakizia. Isi witu yaraa ahenzerange kunduru kijira mama navoo avoo. Na madiku nigazia, zisukuru nizikugumii, kwari kove kwadaka zingano nuvwiyangu vwukugunza na nyina witu.

Nirwo rwa nganagania nembora Nyasaye yakora kindu kenene kumba mama wange. Muzinguru nuvwihani vwivwe yakora gosi gukujira kuviruki vurahi. Yariho rwosi. Yatinguhaa ku kukuha keveeho mba. Na kevogo sichagosaa mba.

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