Mukiri ega ariu na aari a ithe witu?

Nii na mutumia wakwa turi gutanahirwo na mami witu Muthoni. Arokire ira mweri 17, Aug thaa inya na ndagika ikumi na igiri cia rucini.

Turacokeria Ngai ngatho ni kirathimo giake kiria gitathiraga. Ni wa magegania na ni mwihokeku. Mahoya maitu ni ati mami witu akure oi Ngai na akamuitigira na athiage na mithiere ya ungai. Mugituige mahoya-ini na ona inyu murathimwo.

Ngunjiri Wa wakuru(Ithe wa Muthoni)
Niwona nitwakuongerera ndebe?

Amukira Ngeithi nyingi muno ruciini ruru. Nitwagwata mami wanyu ugeni nyumbaini ya Gikuyu. Ningi Ngai arokumio ni tondu wa kiheo kiu na gukinyanira kwa mwihoko wanyu. Ririkana mwana ni waku agiciarwo, no hari handu hagakinya atuike witu ithuothe. Nikio tukumunyita ugeni na gikeno.

Geithia nyina wa kaana na umwire onanii ni ndakena muno. Korwo ndi nyakinyua niingiuga ngemi ithatu, iii enaku Nyina wa Bakhita?

Thaaaaai

Thengiu muno Sajini ni kuamukira maitu guku nyumba. No kinya ngamuira uguo wauga. Na ningugeithia ona mami wao. Nyina wa B eha auge iria inya cia kairitu agitaga atumia aria angi moke manyue ucuru wa mukio na thubu? Guitu riu njahi na njugu ni nyingi karibuni.

Wa Wakuru,Congratulations to the Mrs.The Mr too.
Twacokia Ngatho Kûrî Mwene Nyaga for His precious Gift and Blessing ti Mûthoni.

Dear Lord,we want to thank you for your Mighty Love.Thank you for all the good in our lives.We pray that you remind the happy parents that Mûthoni is your child and that you are trusting them with her care.Also please remind them that they will not bring her up their way but Your way.The way you want and need them to.The Godly way.

Ithe wa Mûthoni,My grandfather,God bless his soul,did read a bible verse when My firstborn was born.
Augire atî nî ibuku rîa Aebeso ithathatû mûhari wa inya.I can not remember how it goes in Kikuyu but in English,well,I read the bible.

CONGRATULATIONS AND PRAISE BE TO GOD.

NWB
Ngweterereire uuge ngemi. Kai Ugikuyu wariganiire woka kwa Waithaka?

Sajini,I'm a Kikuyu.But I don't always do what the Kikuyus do or say cause they are sexists sometimes.Why would I say more Ngemis for a boy and less for the girl.I do not beleive like some of them do that a baby boy is more precious than the baby girl.

All children are precious.Like they say,gûtirî wanda na wa mûgongo.If I were to say the ngemi,I would say it the same.No three or seven for the child.

Some of the Kikuyu tradition is not fair.It has always been very mean to the girls.

Nyina wa B
I have never interpreted the Ngemi thing in terms of gender politics. Sincerely, I have always looked at it in terms of communicative efficiency.

Of course there were cultural nuances attached, but how could people know it was a boy or a girl unless there were different conventional signals? If you consider the difference in terms of Ngemi as differences in symbolism, there is no politics behind the whole thing.

We can always change the symbolism to suit our purposes. Taking the best from the traditional and the modern culture, ama?

NWW,
Ngemi ithatu cia kairitu ciri kugwo guku gwaka amu mundu gutwa muchiari ni njiria ya muchiari ucio guturu mwoyo. Winyitie muthiori urangire muchii na murere muiritu ugutwika uguni hari bururi. Ruu ruciaro nirwo twihokete amu ruriri rutari na njiarwa ni rukwuo.

NWB, Sajini

Uhoro wa ngemi ni njira ya kwanirira na kwamukira mugeni. Ucio ni unduiri witu, nigwo kuri maundu tuagirirwo ni guchenjia haha na haria, no reke tutige kumenereria ruriri rwitu niundu wa handu haha kana haria. Ta wichirie kana nyakeru we ni chonokaga ni umaramari uria we ekite. We arakinyire ororiu muthinya ungi na riu mutumia wake oragite ciana nyingi kuri uria atumia a Gikuyu mangioragire thaini wa miaka ngiri imwe. No ati ucio ni uthii wa na mbere. No korwo murume a nyihia ndaga na mukoroko wake-ri, githi cian ciothe to cikione ubocho?

Wa keri ona thaini wa nyamu gutiri hindi ya njamba na yagike cigananaga. Kuri nyoni cia mwana muno amu matumbi macio makomagiririo ni nyoni ya njamba. Undu uria ukiri wa mwanya ni ati hari nyoni icio, nyoni cia mwera ni cio ciethaga nyoni cia njama. Ugwo ni undu wa gutwika ati cio cia rekia matumbi no gukinyirira. Uhoro wa evolution ni uri na uritu munene muno kuri uria maundu ma miikaranirie ya andu kana nyamu uthiaga.
Ni kio nii ngwona ati nyakeru ni kamwimeno atwikirire ga gutuma twonage ta turi andu a thutha muno. Thaini wa ibuku riria ritagwo Mau Mau: An African Crucible-ri, mwandiki ucio ni uigite uria nyakeru aria mokire gwitu mari aaganu. Ugakigwa andu makirania ati " are you married or are you from Kenya?" Oho ni oigite ati kuri kundu nyakeru mathiaga gukoma weekendi na watho wari ati mundu ndangiakomire na mutumia wake. Ona ati wega kwari ati andu makomanie na andu aingi o oria kungiahotekire. Ndaheyana muhano ucio nigwo njuge ati uhoro wa kwimena ni mubango wa gwatha andu.
Thaaiii

Kîrema Thahu,wambere mîtûrîre ya ûgîkûyû nî ndîmîûî.Trouble with some of us,they are not happy when we say it like it is.And the truth of the matter is,kuma ndemi na mathathi,mûgîkûyû was always more grateful for having a son than a daughter.Maybe todays parents have changed.I can tell you some disgusting things our foreparents did.

You can go read or ask the old folks what happened in yester years when someone got really sick.What they did was cruel,missionaries or no missionaries.What if a mother had twins,a boy and a girl?

I love my culture.But when they do something pretty nasty like allowing 8 year old girls to be sold as wives,That is where I draw the line.It is Sick!

We can not always pretend that our culture is perfect when children and especially girls continue to suffer.Yes Iam a kikuyu and proud to be one but lets call a spade a spade.

Nyina Wa Bakita,
Ni wega muno ni machio maku na guchokia na uria wee ngoro yaku irona maundu. Nii hau reke njuge ati machokio makua ingenda kuambiriria na gukunyita mbaru na gukuhe muti ungikorwo nigwo mitugo ya Ugikuyu ni umiui. Uri umwe wa andu anini muno aria nii ndanona wa wagirirwo ni guthomithia andu othee aria ungihota. Andu aria nii njui kana ndana chemanio nao a rika riri rinini no njuge ni gachunji ga gaturumo karia koi Ugikuyu ni kuga atia. Maundu manini ta maritwa ma andu aria makonaiie na mundu ni andu anini muno mangikwira. Kwa muhono ungiuria mundu mwana wa muru wa nyina angimwita aria, kana mwari wa nyina na mutumia wake, muru wa mwari wa nyina na ithe nake angimwita atia.

Mau ni maundu mahuthu muno thaini wa maikarire ya andu tondu andu hakuhi othe ni mari kana ni monana andu angi makonainie na njira iyo. No riu ukono ati andu aingi moigaga o cousin kana nephew na maundu ta mau. Kiu ona ni ndeciria ati ni kiuria kega muno na ni ngugikira haha nigwo twone na andu aigana mao maritwo ma andu aria mwetainwo nao.
Riu uhoro wigie Agikuyu ingienda kuga ati korwo twahota gwitikira ati maundu ni machenjagia na gutiri andu nii njui makoragwo na unduiri uria wambiririe wi kindiire na utachenjagia.

No njende hihi we uhe andu ari hihi ungiona o matari na maundu mau woiga ati mari moru thaini wa Ugikuyu. No njira nguhi ni ariku mari na PURE culture hihi nigwo tukiugage ati no twende gutwika ta o. Riu ngwichiria mundu wothe wendete kihoto na mutwiria no etikire ati ciugo ria ciaragio hau tene ati mundu aikaraga wega o ta muthungu, kana ngwenda guthambio na thakama ya jesu there ta SNOW ciari ciugo cia gutuhithia. Kieha ni ati uma wa ndeto ciugo icio no cirario nginya riu. Nikwo hakwa wiigwire ndoiga ati muthungu oigaga ati ithui turi achokereru na thutha na we niwe wa tureheire utheri. No warora we niwe wari na unyamu uria utari wonekana. Ciugo ciaku no cikorwo na uma nii ndirarega. No uhoro wothe ni uri uciaca wagwo.

Hihi no njuge ati ithui tutiari na kuruta mahu hindi ya tene uria mararutwo umuthii Kenya na makiria ruraya. Wa keri no njuge ati ithui riu ni turatigira ciana cia atumia indo, no kudo kuria riu kuratwika kurathii na mbere muno ki uchumi ni China, no kundu kuu ciana cia aritu ni ciroragwo muno na njira ya kuruta mahu. Hari bururi wa andu birioni imwe na mirioni magana matatu-ri hihi ni airitu aigana maroragwo o muthenya. Nagwo bururi uria uri munene muno uri thirikari ya democracia ni India. Ucio nagwo twarora wega tukwona ati airitu no marahikio mari a mwiaka iyo we wagweta Agikuyu mahikithagia ciana cio tene. Thina wa athuri a India kuherithia atumia ao na nginya na rimwe kumoraga makienda athoni ao mamarihe mbeca no uronekana ona umuthi uyu.

Ucio we uroiga ni undu wari wa hindi iyo na kuri gitumi kiria giatumaga mwana wa kahii endwo, no tikuga ati korwo maundu mari ngurani hindi iyo airitu hihi matingiendirwo kuri anake.
Hau ngurikia na kuga ati kuria indu ciatahagwo ni arume, na maritwo magakuo ni arume-ri, no muhaka andu acio makorwo mari na hinya kuri aria angi. Kuri iratathi ririga kwandikwo New York Times na riaragia uhoro wa ruriri rukoragwo India kudu airitu maatigagirwo indo handu ha anake. Undu ucio ni ukwona ati ni urarehe utiganu muno hari maikaranirie ya andu. Arume kuu nio mahinyagirirwo na makarutithio wira wa kurora ciana. Undu ucio nduri na utiganu na muhono uria ndagwetaga wa nyoni iria ikomagiria matumbi niyo ichaguraga no ikwenda gukinyio niyo.

No kuga ati kuri undu wari thaini wa iiritu uria watumaga andu mamenwo ni mahitia. Guoya wakwa ni ati ni nyonete ati muthungu oigaga o maria maitu moru. No we akoiga o maria maitu mega. Hihi niatia we ungiona ari wega. Gukorwo uri Mutumia mugikuyu Kenya kana gukorwo uri mutumia muiru kuria uri ruruya mwiaka ya 1880. Kahinda kau nyakeru aitaga arume na atumia guku ruruaya mitaini ta mari nyamu. Ndarora wega histori iratwonia ati mutumia wa Gikuyu ari kuraya muno na atumia aingi thii handu ya ruma.

Ni kuri kundu atumia matigagirwo indu, ta mwena wa Senegal, no nake muthuri ndaroraga ciana ciake, aroraga cia mwari wa nyina. Ucio nagwo no mutaratara wa andu acio na tikuga ati riu andu acio ni ega kuri Kikuyu. Kiria twagirirwo ni kurora ni ati kana muikarire ucio wao ni warehaga maundu maria matura mothe mendaga na njira huthu kuri mari matura maria mangi. Maundu mau ni gikeno thaini wa mucii, thayu ituraini, ubocho na wagi wa ngaragu, na muthia wongererigi wa ugi wa mithemba yothe, ta kwandika, technology ta chuma na ingi nyingi.

Ngutiriha ndeto na kuga ati githomo kiariu kuringana na atwiria a histori makuga ati Ngai thaini wa kundu kuingi Africa aroragwo ta mutumia. Ona uturi thaini wa Gikuyu ni wari na kaundu kau amu indo imwe cia wira ciaturagwo ihana kaundu ga kuonanio utumia. Ningi tugathoma ati muthungu aruta uhoro wa trinity africa ni achenjirie na akieheheria mutumia na handu hake agikira ngoma, kana HOLY GHOST. No mbere iyo kihomo kia trinity kiari mutumia, muthuri na mwana. Ugwo ni kuga ati ndini ya muthungu niyo kindu kimwe kirahatiriria atumia na njira nene.

Reke turore njira cia guthondeka unduiri witu handu ha kuuhura. Gutiri munudu njiriga kuigwa akiuga maundu maya na maya mitu ni mega reke tumamenyerere amu ni marora. No ni njiguaga atumia aingi muno makiuga uria maundu maitu matari mega na uria o mahinyagiririo ni athuri tene, o nariu. Atumia amwe nii ngona hihi to maregaga guthomithia ciana cio Gikuyu ni undu wa undu ucio. Hihi no ngorwo hititie na ndio nii gitumi kiiganu kiria kingituma achiari mathomithie ciana cio ruthiomi ruao. Ndoiga mutumia tundu niwe wambagiria kurere mwene kuma riria ari nda yake. No tikuga ti muthuri we ndari wira wakuruta, atangigikorwo ni wa ruriri ruu rwa India ruria atumia mehuragiria indo ciothe.
Thaaii

Nindacokia ngatho kuri aria othe maratuhoyagira na guturirikana na ngauga murathimwo na kirathimwo kia Ngai mutumbi kiria gitathiraga. Turi oho na mwene nyaga na no atuikaritie na wega wake na thayu wake.

Rathimuoi.

Ni ndamugeithia inyuothe, nii ningetangagia nyumba ino maita maingi. thiini wa nyumba iria ingi nitwari and andu meruti-ire muno no nyumba ino ndimaiguaga, kai hihi mathire ku andu ta Nyina wa Bakhita, Wa Wambui,Nyandia,Ngima na ungi wari mungethaniro muno wetagwo Onyango Oloo.

Rekei tumacarie.