From: amenya gibson
Sent: Tuesday, 2 December, 2008 7:42:10
Subject: The coming Hunger Name Dear people

When I was growing my grand ma gave names to all hunger that occured
Mostly were in mother tongues I know all can recall those days

Now how can we call this hunger we have currently in Kenya

I will suggest KIRAKA hunger and U

Bye
Gibson Amenya

Global Young Greens

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2008/12/2 Duncan Kagika

Yes, its true that all ‘hunger sessions’ during those, original old days, had a name and it is true they were in our mothers’ tongue-tribal name. In Kikuyu land I remember we had ‘Ngaragu ya Mwanga’ between 1940 and 1942, (can someone correct me please), which means that the only food available at that time was Mwanga-sorghum, I guess-correct me! Mr Amenya, what does ‘KIRAKA’ mean in simple to-day’s dot com-modern english?

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From: “Maurice Baraza”
Subject: Re: The coming Hunger Name
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:16:52 +0300

I guess NJAA MSETO sounds good. its occuring during a coalition government and as a result of combined causes, poor governance, high inflationary tendency, poor planning, and its affecting all regions combined. we usually hear of hunger in NEP, Lodwar but not in Nairobi, mara hii tunaiona.

So NJAA MSETO sounds good and easy to pronounce

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Daniel Wachira wrote:

Let me correct you sir, Mwanga is not sorghum but Cassava. So the only available food then was cassavas due to their drought resistance ability.

Dan

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Wanabidii,

I remember my folks telling me about njaa ya Nyayo. Must have attacked the country when

Mr. Moi was newly in office, around 1984?

So get a famous personality- one with influence to change our lives- but in their watch we are dying of hunger- then condemn them to infamy!!(just words)

PETER MAKANDA

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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 04:12:30 -0500 [12/09/2008 03:12:30 AM CST]
From: Peter Kadima
Subject: Re: The coming Hunger Name

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Because hunger is not pleasant and we need a fitting name for it; we could maybe christen this hunger “Kivuitu”. We will remember two things at the same time, the demise of the Kivuitu let ECK for their bugling and the hunger we face now.

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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 02:26:20 -0800 [12/09/2008 04:26:20 AM CST]
From: otieno sungu
Subject: Re: The coming Hunger Name