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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. ...

Sikwari numugera kuvita Izava

Izava yatanga rogendo rwirwe kare, Imungu Karooka natareta Murogori mukitinya chu ruhangaywa. Rwenu rura visaka viari vikiri vinifu ni viana, rigondo ria vio riu vurimu. Viafwanaa samu kari wari usuviri nuvumwamu. Hasi havio, nakivinda weniyi, kuri kayoka, Umugera gwatanga kusinuka. Eseremi niyo gwasinukira.

Kivara gavorekaa cha hovogokaa nekeromba rivona riukuhuga rigari kutura Red Sea kuzia Mozambique. Murihovogoka yiri riajira zinyanza zieromba kijira mazi gavungaa he kedovorio chari. Migera minyingi jari jaromba zinzira rugano jamanya jigirung'anyia zing'endo. Ni Izava, kari nikutamanyi shia gari, yamaa yerereke indangu.

Mu vidende ni vizava ha mazi garaa gayiturira mumihiga, gayumbiza rise ni vidundu, gekoreka gari manyingi na gatanga zing'endo garaha nigavitira hosi hari hinika. Imbura yakubaa yarombaa mazi gavaho muvunyingi kuvita kegero chago. Kandi risinuka riamedaa.

Izava yanyora rieta kutura ku rieta kizava. Kizava na ha mazi gamaa gavungaa ni yakakuba. Magageha imbura nikizia. Vandu veseremi varangaa kivanda 'muzava' kijira niwo ma mazi gavungaa nigazia.

Hanyima hene hara murogori nachidikiraa mumadara ga yaranda mu nunu, kwaraa ku nizinzako navivanda dave. Viaraa viayo noho visaka viu kuhiza. Zinyamanyama ziaraa ku kuvunyingi. Havundu hi vidende viaraa vandu vatizaa yo kijira vavoraa mazivi gaveeyo.

Kijira mang'ana gi Izava namatambi, kuravezanga vuri shimbi ku shimbi niring'oda rie vindu viekorekaa ku mugera gwenigwo, imigera jingiraa mu, vidaho, misara na gandi manyingu kuri riyava zizahabu. Ku kutanji.

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