I notice something about the children we are shown being asked a few questions. They are so good in singing the music of musicians but fare terribly when asked general questions.

sample yesterdays question: mwenda tezi na omo?....... ng'arisha maisha was the kids response!

And then they took on singing 'kigeugeu' like it was a cup of tea!


Pathetic! Horrible! Scary! Disturbing! Bewildering!

@Yesu Wangu, aiiih? Kwani where did you grow up? Ama ulikuwa boarding school in primary?

Kids get lyrics very fast. And also advertisements. The interesting stuff. That's why they answered 'hung'arisha'.

Also, they appeared not to know the proverb at all. i.e. never heard of it.

wewe duky.it never occured to you that there was a single mat dere who is into the lady dere

@ you are not a parent are you?

I'm not. But at class 4 I did not know all the proverbs. I was quick to judge them too but then I realised maybe they were too young for that particular proverb.

Complete this Swahili proverb for me

Cha mkufuu...

Mwenda tezi na omo marejeo ni ngamani.

Tezi ni sehemu ya mbele kwenye meli

Omo ni sehemu ya nyuma

Ngamani ni sehemu ya katikati.

I think syllabus yao haijafika hapo.

I am not the one on trial here, bwana , neither are the children. I am the accuser. and the children are the innocent by standers.

when I say they



then the adults concerned, with whom the children spend most of the day with, should feel the urgency, like they are delaying education, to do something about it.

So that cases of people saying things not in radio or television are 'greek' to them do not arise. (sorry 2012 )

Its a big shame on the teachers of that school, and the parents too.

Psst......I wouldnt pounce on the children. Stop making it appear like I am doing that.

Reminds me of high school. Totally messed me misemo wise/proverb wise.

We had this habit of corrupting the misemo/proverbs especially while competing against other schools. We repeated the corrupted versions so much [and consistently] that when it came to the exam, it was almost impossible to remember the original versions!

Examples:

Haba na haba - ni haba mbili

Asiyefunzwa na mamaye - matako hulia mbwata

Mtaka cha mvunguni - Sharti avu(ru)te kitanda

Sikio la kufa - Lazima life

Mgema akisifiwa - wateja kwisha lewa

Mwenda tezi na omo - huchoka sana!

Asifuye mvua - lazima ni mkulima

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Too many cooks - fill the kitchen

A stitch in time - saves the trouser

A bird in hand - a knife in the other

Do unto others - before they do unto you

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And one for Friday:

To beer or not to beer - By William Shakes-beer.

And don't forget:

Beauty is the eye of the beer holder - Don't chips funga - Utashangaa kesho asubuhi. Nini hii kwa kitanda changu? Ilitoka wapi?

In such a case, you call ANY kikuyu friend in your phone book. He will definitely save the day. This is what he/she will tell you;

Weee twedi twerof. Washa ujiga. Shukua hiyo $500,000. Washa kucheza na besha!!! Unajua hiyo ni buroti gapi ya by-pass ama Rwai?? Utanunua buroti kadhaa, ujege, ununue ka - 110 na bado ubakishe ya kufugua hardware na bushere!!!



On a lighter note. Msiniletee tribal emotions. I'm just joking. It's Friday after all!!!

Todays show, the main guest is none other than Raila