The announcement

Auma, daughter of Asembo,

Mother of many children,

My dear “mikai,”

I thank you for honoring my call to attend, in person, this emergency late night meeting,

I also thank your children for coming, on short notice, to hear this great announcement,

They have travelled from various corners of this Country,

And I know they it was not easy given the state of our roads and the high bus fares.

Lilian, daughter of Gem,

My lovely second wife and the mother of many daughters,

You know I still call you “Alily Jaber Nyiri,”

Your big, round eyes still bewitch me to date,

I thank you for agreeing to attend this meeting,

I am aware Seril (Sheryl), your last born daughter, is sick and you were attending to her,

And that is why, among all your six daughters, she is the one missing from this meeting,

I know “Nyasaye biro chiedhe.”

Dorine, daughter of South Nyanza,

My lovely third wife,

My spy,

You know I brought you from “Piny Mabor,”

My people still call you Nyar Loka,

They think Homa-Bay is another country,

I thank you for obeying my call to attend this meeting,

Since you got pregnant you have been having very bad moods,

I thought the pregnancy, being in its late stages, would prevent you from attending this meeting,

But I can see you have gotten used to it,

Because of your state, I will not take long to put my announcement across.

My wives and my children,

They say a visitor is a sign of good omen,

And therefore our wise men suggested that a visitor should be treated well,

Tomorrow I will bring a visitor,

Daughter of Kano,

Her name is Abigael,

She comes from a very well-behaved family,

She will come to assist you people,

My only humble request is that you accept her and welcome her well,

She will be sleeping here in the main house until the construction of her hut will be completed,

It is only that,

You may now go and sleep.

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