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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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Maragoli population, 2009 census

-: Total Luhya nation population was 5.338m as of 2009 census
(1) Bukusu- 1,432,810
(2) Maragoli- 618,340
(3) Banyore- 310,894
(4) Wanga- 309,407
(5) Abanyala- 273,198
(6) Kabras- 252,761
(7) Isukha- 217,327
(8) Tirichi- 209,814
(9) Idakho- 170,720
(10) Marachi- 155,341
(11) Marama- 152,427
(12) Kisa- 137,268
(13) Samia-124,952
(14) Khayo- 124,555
(15)Batsotso- 121,518
(16) Tachoni- 118,363
(17) Manyala(Busia)-50,118
(18) Abatura- 30,388
(19) Bagisu(Kenya)-11,314

-: These figures are not true. Maragolis are more. I will try to get the health demographic figures. Sidika

-: I suppose these are Maragoli resident in Vihiga.
It is skewed as it does not consider Bungoma, Lugari, Migori, Kangemi, Malindi, Mombasa and other urban centres.
I have even found Maragolis I Nyandarua who went there over 60 years ago.

-: And I am just from meeting a Saniaga elder who confirmed the going... 1940's. Him, he came back. 😄. 

As for the statistics above, naaa. We can do better.

-: Wow!

And supposedly about a quarter  of the population in Kiambu are Luhyas too.
Our people went there to work in the shambas I colonial times.
The children they sired are considered Kikuyu.

If the Luhya put their foot down in Kenya ...
-: What has made me dig deep is my wonder as to why others always want Luhyas splintered and confused.

-: I highly doubt these figures;the Maragoli population is much higher than this. Someone forgot that it spreads across the Western region from Vihiga, Nandi, Kakamega,  Bungoma, Kitale Uasin Gishu, Mount Elgon and into Uganda; then add those in Migori...

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