Play time: 05:10 minutes. Recorded in Shiru, Kenya, March 16, 2014.

Ing'ombe

Carolyne Chesi

Ku mita vananga Carolyne Chesi.

Karunu mweli komi na tano, mweli wa kavaga, ni guveye elfu mbili na komi na ine. Na nzitsaa kumoloma kurondekana ku ing'ombe yo kokera.

Uguranga ing'ombe yoyo, sa yindi niiveye erori anoho yakuranganga iduasi. Utanga kwaitsa ing'ombe yoyo no kogetemera vulimu. Wakagetemera vulimu, ogetemeranga vulimu ma ogehera wa iriraanga ma yakaduka mu tsisaa ugihaa amatsi. Utsia kutema lusie, wakatema lusie utemanyia mu rukuzuzu mogetera hiriira ma itanga kuria. na amatsi gene gara uvikamu ijumbi. Yakaria ugishira mu kego hamugorova ni yakaduka hitsitsanga kogona. Ne kego chene kira oveeza ni wakelomba ne keveye kisafi. Sayindi kila ni chatitsirwa ni keveye kinifu anohomba vya karunu koromberanga amagogo. Na ing'ombe yeneyo hiriiranga orombanga iriboma. Na kandi riboma ryene lla ulilombanga riva irisafi. Ne ing'ombe yeneyo uguranga idibu usinganga vuri kwisitsa (madiku saba) ma kandi ugura itsinyasi kuri tsiu kunyararitsa, kuturitsa tsinzoka munda, ma ogehetsanga runyasi rwu muyaga kandi. Nu rindi ndio ing'ombe yoyo eyo; kugiha tsinyasi nende kwaitsa vurahi imanya iduka madiku flani yenya tsijirichi. Wakashira kutsijirichi utuminya, wakatuminya ing'ombe yoyo eyo utsitsagila kugirihitsa vurahi kuri wagirindanga mu ritanga rwa wagula. Umanye ugirindi ndio ku mieri tisa ni yakatuma. Rwi idukanga ku ridiku ryo konyora ekemori, evetsanga ni yamara mieli tisa. Ogehenzanga kuri iveye ma yive mwene umanya ing'ombe iyi ifuananga irumwaa. Uranga mundu anyara kokokonya ava shimbe ma mugirinda ku tsisaa flani. Rwa ing'ombe yeyo evetsaa ni iveye shimbe konyora kemoli ugivuguranga ugivika hayenya konyoola kemoli cha yo. Yakaduka isaa yu kutura ichova ye kemoli chene yicho, isundi ifudukanga. Ne ing'ombe yeneyo indara egona hasi na yindi iva yatia. Ne ing'ombe yeneyo indara egona hasi na yindi iva yatia. Avakonyi ni vaveye shimbe, valala vagituura hasi na vandi vaturitsa za kemoli ni singii ndio. Isundi ni yakatura, kemoli chene yicho kimanya kireeta virenge nu mutwi ku. Ma vang'usa ma vaturitsa ichova. Ni vakaturitsa ichova imanya iveho valala vatemanga mukonye gwu lusie vagiha ilia ili murikho gwanguhi kutura. Na vandi vahenza tsinyasi tsia vamanya vagiha murikho gwenegu guturi. Imaraanga itsisaa shimbe tsivaga ku murikho gwenegu gutura ichova. Murikho ni gwakatura ichova uvuguranga amatsi ma wogitsa mu kevere. Wa kogitsa mu kevere muvika mu kemoli ma kitanga kununa. Kemoli chakatanga kununa, na havundu he eng'ombe yeneyo yenya itsie kugona waromba haava hasafi kandi orombere kemoli chene yicho havundu hakinyara kogona na have kandi hanifu.

Ni yago makeekeke ga mubangiriku ku ridiku lia karunu korondekana ko eng'ombe.

Cow

My name is Carolyne Chesi

Today is 15th March 2014 I am going to speak on how to milk a cow.

You take your cow, and you take it for grazing as you cut the Napier grass. After cutting the napier grass you give it then you give it water at the right time. You cut the napier grass again and you give it. Then you add salt into water. After it has eaten you take it to the shade in the evening where it sleeps.

And you make the shade to be clean. We use wood to make the cow shade. You also make a place where it will be eating from. And you keep it clean. And you buy a spraying dip and you spray the cows. And you buy medicine for deworming and you give it medicine for fever. If you take good care of it, it normally reaches a point and it needs a bull.

After you have given it a bull, you continue to take good care of it the way you have been doing since you bought it. You take good care of it for nine months. It takes 9 months then it gives birth to a calf. When that time comes you will realize that it is in pain and you call someone who is able to take care of the cow when it is giving birth, then you wait it for some time. When that cow is nearing to birth the cow lies down, if the people are near they can put it down. They take the calf, first of all the head comes out first then they pull it. Once they have pulled the calf, some cut nappier grass and give the cow.

Some used to look for medicine and give the cow so that the umbilical cord comes out. Once it comes out you take water and clean the udder. Then you allow the calf to suck the milk. And you ensure that where the cow and the calf are going to sleep is clean.

That is the much that I had prepared for this day, according to the cow.