Play time: 03:59 minutes. Recorded in Sabatia, Kenya, March 26, 2014.

Siasa Mu Kenya 1

Herman Asava

Inze lwa isiasa tsiatanga mu Kenya ndali ni mbeye mu kikuyu yila na ndali ninyinzila yo mu hoteli; lovega lwa Limuru. Na tsisiasa tsiatanga lwa vasungu si venya vagikuyu dave. Vatanga liyoga vatanga likubana. Musungu yamanya nalasa mukali mugikuyu ma rihe litangila hene hala. Lyita lia olola ni valanga MAU MAU yili yali vasungu vatulitwse mu kivala muno. Ma sasa isiasa yila nitangila wene yila, na vagikuyu venyanga milimi muno vasungu vatuli muno vatsie ichova. Inze ndamanya ni nziyunga nangavo halala.Ndamanya nikulwana nende MAU MAU, Kenyatta yamanya nagimilwa muhiga gwa 1952 na inze ndamanya ninziluka muhiga gwa 1955 nivenya kungimila ninzia mu lovega lwa Lodwar ma ninzia lovega lwa Maralal ma kandi ninzia kutsia lovega lundi lwa Kapenguria. Ku isiasa muno ndakava muno ku madiku matambi na isiasa yandakakola muno vindu vinyinge via Kenya yadukana ivuli kunzivila dave. Kali ninze yakashugulika nende vanga Mboya, Oginga na vindi vinyinge muno. Ndakalomba muno mang'ana manyinge, kali ninze mulala ku vandu vali ku vandu vatsia Lancaster House kutsia kolomba ikatiba ya Kenya. Ku vudinyu vuveye tsa mu Kenya muno; vvandu yava vistulitsa mundu yakola munu miyinzi minyinge dave. Kali lwa vandu vala vamanya vavola mbe chairman wa Masujaa mu Kenya, ndaganagananga fwana vandu vene yavo valaganagana kolole vala masujaa wa Kenya uyu anyala kokonya ndi muno. Ndatovolwa ku ndatsia mu Parliament dave, ndatovolwa ku ndatsia mu miyinzi jiosi dave. Na vandu vene va Kenya muno vudamanu vuveye kuvo, nivakamanya mundu oveye mugeli venya vamuhe ku vwimili muno dave, venya vamwite. Ndavitila mu mang'ana manyinge tsa ganyala kunzita hano kijila ndamanya manyinge. Mujumbe wosi atovolwangwa muno yatsa tsa kovolwa isiri yange. Na vandu vatovolwanga muno vanyinge vatovolwanga kijira mang'ana ga ukabila na mang'ana gi tsisendi. Ku si vatovola ku mundu wa giligali dave paga vatovole mundu mmbeshi, mwivi, oveye na vukabila; vandu vene yavo yivo vatsitsa yila ma vatsia vang'ara vandu vandi yava. Kandi yicho kijira vumaskini vumedeka mu Kenya muno na mang'ana ga vandu va tsia yila na vandu avivi, vaveshi avere; vandu venya kwita vandu va giligale. Ku inze ndakaduka kalunu mihiga shimbe thamanini na tano na mbeye ku ni kindu chosi cha Kenya yangonya dave. Ndalomba muno tsidaraja, tsisukulu tsinyinge, tsimbalabala, ndakonya vandu vanyinge muno lakini vandu vala vandashilanga vandakonya vatsia mu Parliament. Na vandu vala muno va giligale kuli vanga Tom Mboya vitwa, vandu kuli Ronald Ngala yali mulina wange wa shimbe, yitwa, vanga J.M. Kariuki yivo vandu vitangwa kijira mang'ana go kovola ga giligale. Ku ndakatevi Kenya yinu itsitsaa hayi; kokolandi nangwa kutuli mu mang'ana gu vuveshi yaga na mang'ana gakola gugwa vasigu mu Kenya muno. Ku mang'ana ga uharibifu yaga gatuli mu Kenya muno ku Kenya yino kwikale vulahi. Yigo mang'ana ga nganagana mu Kenya yimu. Ni vulahi kali Kibaki wa kwali naye, Moi wa kwali nangaye halala vakumbuka ku vandu va kwali navo halala. Yavo vaveye yaha dave. Wa mbeye tsa hano ndi nangwa, vumaskini vulenya kunzitila hano ma mbeye tsa hano.

Politics in Kenya 1

For me when politics began in Kenya I was in Kikuyu land and I was working there in a hotel at Limuru. And when politics began, white men didn't want the Kikuyu. They began making noise and fighting. A white-man short a Kikuyu lady and that is when war began, then name MAUMAU was as a result of eliminating the white men from this land. And politics began from there. And the Gikuyu wanted the land, and the white men to leave this place and go outside. I joined them. I joined the MAUMAU in fighting.

Kenyatta was arrested in th year 1952 and I ran away in the year 1955, they wanted to arrest me and I went to the Lodwar then to Maralal then to Kapenguria. I have done politics in this place for a long time that Kenya should not forget me. I am the one who was dealing with Mboya, Oginga in many other things. I have made a lot of things in this place. I am among the people who went to Lancaster House to go and make the constitution of Kenya. There are a lot of problems in Kenya; these people do not consider people who have done a lot of activities on this land. When people saw that they suggested that I be the chairman of heroes in Kenya. I thought those people would consider and see what this hero of Kenya can do on this land. I have never been appointed to go to the parliament, I have never been appointed to do any activities. And the people of Kenya are bad, when they know that someone is clever they do not want to give him leadership, they want to kill him. I went through a lot of things; they wanted to kill me because I knew a lot of things. Every Member of Parliament elected from this land is told my secret. Most of the people who were elected from this land they were elected because of tribalism and money. They do not elect a truthful person they elect a liar, thief, and one who is tribal and they go there and deny the other people.

That is the reason to why there is a lot of poverty in Kenya. It is because of the people who went there. Some are thieves, liars and people who want to kill people who are speaking the truth. I am 85 years old now and I do not have anything that Kenya did for me. I have made bridges, schools, and roads. I have assisted many people. Some people that I assisted to go the parliament. Some people like Tom Mboya were killed even Ronald Ngala was my close friend was killed. J.M Kariuki was among the people who were killed because of speaking the truth.

I may ask where is Kenya heading. What can we do so that we can get out of this lies, these are the things that cause us to become enemies in Kenya. So that the bad things can get out we stay well in Kenya. Those are the things that I am thinking for Kenya. It will be good if Kibaki and Moi that we were together could remember the people that were walking together with them. They are not here, where I am poverty want to kill me and I am still here.