Wamuyu: The Unmarried Gikuyu 10th Daughter.

Story By Mukuyu Gikuyu Documentation Center.

WWamuyu aka Warigia aka Wanjugu was the Gikuyu daughter of Mumbi who according to legend did’t marry. This post speculates on the reasons she did not marry.

According to the existing myths of the tribe, Gikuyu and Mumbi the first parents of the tribe bore nine plus one daughters and no sons. This was at their home at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga in Muranga. Gikuyu then prayed to God and God asked him to make a burnt offering of a goat under the Mukuyu tree and return in the morning. On return the following morning he found nine young men waiting whom he took to his daughters and each took one for a husband. These nine went on to establish what are the cornerstones of the tribe the nine plus one clans. The clans are ‘nine with the fill’ not because Wamuyu’s clan, the Aicakamuyu was the fill but because the Gikuyu do not count their offspring exactly for fear they might perish. The myth is not clear whether there were actually nine young men or ten. Remember the Gikuyu will not count exact numbers of people or livestock due to superstition. So it is not at all clear whether Wamuyu refused to marry because there was no husband for her or because she had to wait as some people who tell the myth say that she was too young to marry.

I am a great fan of folk tales and myths and I have come to understand that most of them contain a very powerful meaning once deconstructed. Take the story of little Red Riding Hood and the wolf. A mere tale to amuse children? Nay! It is the story of maturation and initiation according to some writers. “Take care little girl, men are wolves” Or take the story of Beauty and the Beast. Isn’t it a teaching to young girls to beware of judging their future spouses by mere externals and looks?

In order to deconstruct the story of Wamuyu, we have to understand the dynamics of family life as presented by the first family. Look at them. They have nine grown up women who are all married to “goats” They shortly all go away one after another with their husbands to settle elsewhere. This aging couple had no son who could bring a young woman to take care of them. This was a serious matter as there were no old people’s homes then. One of the girls, certainly the one who either loved them more than she loved herself or was favored of the father and mother must have decided – to hell with the “goat of a husband” and decided to stay and take care of the aging couple. This girl, Wamuyu, as she has been called, rather than being an outcast as some people have suggested was probably the most beloved, the most caring and possibly the richest of the ten daughters of Mumbi as she would have inherited Gikuyu’s property. That is why even being single she is recognized as the mother of a full clan in its own right, the Aicakamuyu.

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By Isaac Newton Kinity

The Deputy President seat was rightfully for Prof. Kithure Kindiki. He is a collected and composed man who would have helped President Ruto to unite the country towards development. However, Rigathi blackmailed Ruto in choosing him.

Who needs to go for Kenya Kwanza government to stand and unite Kenyans?

AG

President and Gachagua the DP, and a very effective mouthpiece of saying things Ruto will not say.

Ichung’wa and Kuria after they are fat enough for slaughter. Watch this space.

Yesterday I saw a guy spill all his Scrabble letters on the road. I asked him, “What’s the word on the street?”

Onyango Otieno

Have seen some Luo dimwits spewing some uncouth utterances towards the Enigma, Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga over his past and current political demonstrations on his defense to democracy and demand for some pertinent concerns that have been battling and excampering my mother country: Hyper inflation, unemployment, electoral injustice, impunity, ethnocentrism and inclusivity;

Jaluo, Moi used luo leaders to divide luo’s during his 24 years in power; what was the end products? Where are they? What’of their families?

Any development they Left behind? Kidero, Owalo and some few confused Mps who think that they can outsmart Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga will find it hard. They will perish soon while Agwambo will still be relevant and strong both politically, socially and economically..

All the Mt. Kenya Mps and Ruto’s international friends warned Ruto that Rigathi is primitive, hateful, uncultured and still has hangovers of his days as a dictator D.O in Moi’s government. They said that Rigathi will crumble Ruto’s government even before it stands. Ruto chose him anyway. Everything they said about Rigathi

When former President Uhuru Kenyatta was planning a handshake with ODM keader Raila Odinga, he left the country in the hands of his Deputy, then William Ruto, as Baba was planning to swear himself as the People’s President. DP Ruto talked tough but finally Raila was sworn-in at Uhuru Park.

A few days later, Kenyans were shocked to see Baba being received at Harambee House by Uhuru in the absence of his DP and minutes later, they signed a HANDSHAKE agreement.

Just the other day President Ruto went on a foreign trip and left his tough-talking DP Rigathi Gachagua in charge, when Baba had started demonstrations to agitate for an all inclusive approach to reconstituting IEBC among other issues.

PAULINE NJOROGE

Rigathi Gachagua blackmailed Ruto into submission and even went to the extent of stage managing demos in Wamunyoro to say “No Gachagua No Ruto”. Ruto noted and gave in because at that point he needed the Mt. Kenya vote and could not afford such disgruntled voices so close to the elections. They went into elections and whatever happened, happened. He is now the

Gachagua went ahead and even took over CS Kindiki’s job. He can assemble and command the security forces in total disregard of an existing Minister, and tell us that Kindiki is busy dealing with bandits.

Meanwhile in his naivety, Gachagua thinks he was forgiven for arm twisting Ruto. Noo, it does not work like that. It never has.

To cover his insecurity and fears, and in a bid to continue with his blackmail antics, Gachagua recruited in his praise and worship choir; Kimani Ichungwa and Moses Kuria. They pull no stops to demonstrate that their Rutometer is full gauge even when it looks outrightly absurd.

As they preach hatred and incitement between Azimio and Kenya Kwanza, as they invite violence and excessive brutal police action against Kenyans, as they divide the Mt. Kenya region, right in the middle, Ruto knows very very well that the buck stops with him. He has tasted the wrath of ICC and he will not allow himself back there.

So while the war mongers are busy threatening the opposition and breathing fire, Ruto is busy trying to fix the problem. And he will fix it. He will sacrifice the triad assembly of Gachagua,

Talking of which, where has Ichung’wah gone after hopping from media house to media house following the Northlands attack? In the fullness of time because the law will eventually catch up, he will have to tell the country what he knew when he announced at Kianyaga Boys alumni event that Northlands shall be attacked.

D.K GITAU

I agree entirely with Pauline. Ruto has not forgotten how Gachagua blackmailed him. He must have known of the Kenyatta farm attack and never bothered to stop it with a reason. He knew Kikuyus will be annoyed, and the blame goes to no other than the two Ruto cohorts. He is now accepting Baba for only one reason: to frustrate Gachagua until he resigns. By 2027, Gachagua will be in the same box as the late Josephat Karanja...traitor, the name will surface... It will be the end of him as Kikuyus will not even want to support him, ...by then, Ruto will not need Kikuyu votes as Mulembe Nation support is enough..

A woman in labor suddenly shouted, “Shouldn’t! Wouldn’t! Couldn’t! Didn’t! Can’t!”

“Don’t worry,” said the doc. “Those are just contractions.”

Laughter is a pleasant physical reaction and emotion consisting usually of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system. It is a response to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter can rise from such activities as being tickled, or from humorous stories or thoughts

JOKES Your idea of a hot time is putting a heating pad on your bad back.

You start getting carded again, but now cashiers want to see your senior card to make sure you’re old enough to qualify for the discount.

You save a ton of money on shampoo, not because of your senior discount, but because you now have too little hair to bother with it.

You no longer need a spoon to stir the creamer in your coffee. You just pour the milk in and let your shaky hand do the job.

You start wondering who that old woman/man is looking in your window and realize you’re standing in front of the mirror. Pop rocks and Rice Krispies are a thing of the past when your 60-year-old joints have all the snap, crackle, and pop that you need.

You used to make fun of adult diaper commercials, and now you’re clipping coupons for them “just in case.”

You go from wearing bifocals to wearing trifocals.

Have you submitted your papers to the AKC? Cause those liver spots are starting to make you look like a Dalmatian!

How excited are you to turn 60?

I’ve heard it was one of the coolest decades ever!

Funny 60th Birthday Quotes

I’m hynie the laughing hyena and Sayings

Although everyone experiences aging, there’s nothing like the post-middle-age milestones to get you feeling a little melancholic. However, whipping out a few funny 60th birthday quotes at the party can be the perfect remedy. At the end of the day, laughter is the world’s best medicine. So, to take the cruel mistress that is aging in stri- de, humor yourself and those around you with these funny sayings about turning 60:

It’s time that you finally admit that those “character lines” are really just wrinkles.

The phrase zero to 60 means your life is flashing before your eyes.

Before that birthday hits, invest in a multipack set of lighters.

You’ll run out of fluid befo- re you can light all five-dozen candles on your cake with just one.

Don’t let your 60th birthday get you down…it’ll take a forklift to get you back up.

Instead of adding blueberries to your cornflakes, you just sprinkle them with your morning medications.

Break out your bikinis because 60 is the new sexy.

Trying to remember what you wanted to wish for leaves the candles burning on your cake long enough to set off the smoke detector.

You remember back to when you used to need a booster seat at restaurants and realize that now you could use one to see over the dash on your car. With how popular gray hair is with teens nowadays, your grandkids will be super jealous that your silvery hue is all natural.

Don’t feel bad about turning 60, at least none of your teenage mistakes are immortalized on the internet.

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When I turned 50, I told myself that at least I wasn’t 60. Now that I’m 60, I just wish I could go back to 50.

I’m laughing all day long (huhuhuhu) because when I kick all my troubles they wiggle awaaay where theeey belong (other voices) He’s happy no matter what happens when singing his happy song so when you get up every mooooorning don’t ever be whiny but make life sun shiny like hynie the laughing hyena I laugh and I laugh and I laugh some more we laugh and we laugh and we laugh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaa ha ha ha ha haaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha