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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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Vudiku vulahi (Good night)

Jeska sidika Wambani: It's not vudiku vulahi but mugone/ ogone vulahi. Vudiku vulahi means it's a nice night or  fantastic night. I might be wrong but my late Dad corrected us. ( bwali uvudiku vulahi) Sidika

Luvai: Agreed to a degree bcoz of answer to question: uvudiku vwali ndi? Uvwemirembe, uvukiring'anu, uvulahi...

Lung'afa: Dear Aunty, when it comes to matters 'correcting', no one stands a ground.

Willis Ochieng of KTN has always found fun in correcting 'pronunciation' alone. You can imagine if your dad added that on the list. It wouldn't be 'bwali'...would it?

But because language is taking what is presumed to being communicated, I would take 'vudiku vulahi' to mean 'night good' or good night. No white man has had a problem with that to correct children by saying 'sleep well'. It's all the same message.

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