1st June of 2020 marked the 57th Madaraka Day commemorating the day in 1963 when Kenya attained independent self-governance after decades as a British Colony. Any other public holiday as this one would have been the perfect Madaraka Day for yours truly to do Luhya things, but not this one deep in the mare of the … Read more
Khukololosia embulu is a Bukusu saying that simply means straightening the alligator. There was once a time when I overheard my mum talk to her sister about one of us. Intially, I was not sure who it was, but it was about my aunt missing out on opportunity khukololosia embulu. Now what had this certain … Read more
Guka Bainito words of wisdom tell of the importance of a special area in a Maragoli home, chandangu, to the spirit of the home. As always, he also blesses us with snippets of sneaky wisdom. Many of you consider sprouted beans as ‘having gone bad’. At best, you’ll toy briefly whether they are any good … Read more
We saw how some Maragoli words have similar pronunciation and meaning with Kinyarwanda words. Moreover, we have also explored a clutch of Maragoli words that sound like Kinyarwanda words, but mean different things. Today, we go pure Kimaragoli, Uloogoli, L’logoli or Maragori if you like. We have curated a list of 60+ common Maragoli words … Read more
