Market - Nairobi

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Market, markets in Kenya

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation


MARKET was the subject of a competition for the Kenya Saijiki Forum in March 2011.

source : kenyasaijiki

There are many markets in Kenya,
one of the most important being

. Gikomba Market .


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HAIKU

Isabelle sensei wrote:

And here are my favourites and prizewinners!


1.
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Muthurwa market--
he sorts out white vests
from t-shirts

~ Brian Mulando


2.
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market stall--
a dead butterfly in
a black sandal

~ Brian Etole


3.
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Muthurwa market--
they scramble over a
mtumba sack

~ Boniface Kariuki


4.
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Muthurwa stall--
a display of brown
cow tails

~ Elijah Juma



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Mutindwa market--
scorching sun hits the
hawker's face

~ Asava Kevin


market mud --
he pulls and pulls
the heavy cart

~ Esther Obwamu


raw pears--
my nail breaks
on pressing

~ SYNAIDAH KALAHI

busy market--
the echoeing of a
peddler's whistle

~ Pauline Wayua

Gikomba-
he carries people across
a broken sewer

~ yamame


Soweto yard--
she shakes her palm over
the hot boiled maize

~ Barrack Elungata


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Here are all the entries

Mutindwa market--
scorching sun hits the
hawker's face

market day--
scorching sun hits the
unsold ripe bananas

Soweto market--
blown dust covers the
old furniture

~ Asava Kevin


busy market--
a greengrocer pours water
on my shoes

Muthurwa market--
they scramble over a
mtumba sack

Gikomba market--
a woman bargains the price
of a cabbage

~ Boniface Kariuki


busy market--
he slips after stepping on
a banana peel

market mud --
he pulls and pulls
the heavy cart

~ Esther Obwamu


raw pears--
my nail breaks
on pressing

busy market--
he grabs her a red
handbag

~ SYNAIDAH KALAHI


Muthurwa market--
a pedestrian squeezes at
the entrance gate

busy market--
the echoeing of a
peddler's whistle

~ Pauline Wayua


Gikomba market--
a council askari inspects
her goods

Muthurwa market--
he sorts out white vests
from t-shirts

Soweto market--
a lorry with cabbages
honks loudly

closed grocery--
bumping sound of
a falling fruit

grand theft--
a vagrant pockets
a grocer mango

~ Brian Mulando


a rushing hawker
knocks my elbow--
Soweto market

~ CECILLIAH


Kona market--
the cabbages reduce on
the mingling of buyers

~ JESCAH


market stall--
a dead butterfly in
a black sandal

a red trail
of spilt apple juice--
Soweto market

busy Gikomba--
I weave through
the crowd

~ Brian Etole


Gikomba market--
he heaves as he lifts
a muddy pears sack

Soweto market--
houseflies buzz on
pineapple peels

~ Otinga San


Muthurwa stall--
a display of brown
cow tails

~ Elijah Juma


Muthurwa-
I cover my humming ears
from a hooting matatu

footsteps-
juice from a rotten mango
splashes on my trouser

Gikomba-
he carries people across
a broken sewer

~ yamame


Mutindwa market--
they squeeze through a narrow left
side of stuck handcart

Muthurwa yard--
men and women throw glances
to my fallen coin

yard litter bins--
street boys are busy checking
rotting mangoes

Soweto yard--
she shakes her palm over
the hot boiled maize

Soweto yard --
she cuts a mango fruit
for display

~ Barrack Elungata


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and now
the results of the MARKETS international competition:


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9 Points
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late evening--
a vegetable seller lights
the first candle

~ Winfridah Malesi

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8 Points
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market stall--
a dead butterfly in
a black sandal

~ Brian Etole

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1 Point
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Muthurwa stall--
a display of brown
cow tails

~ Elijah Juma


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Other selected entries
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a hawker displays
a pair of black gloves--
June cold

~ Andrew Otinga


a body push
sends a lady to the floor --
avocado chaos

~ Mango Junior


evening market--
the fat woman pulls me
to buy her fruit

~ Barrack Elungata


Gikomba market --
he carries people across
a broken sewer

~ yamame

busy market--
the echoing of a
peddler's whistle

~ Pauline Wayua


raw pears--
my nail breaks
on pressing

~ Synaidah Kalahi


market mud --
he pulls and pulls
the heavy cart

~ Esther Obwamu


Mutindwa market--
scorching sun hits the
hawker's face

~ Asava Kevin


Muthurwa market--
they scramble over some
second-hand clothes

~ Boniface Kariuki


Muthurwa market--
he sorts out white vests
from t-shirts

~ BRIAN MULANDO


a stray goat eating
sweet potato peelings--
hawkers' din

Patrick

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. Market haiku from the Bamboochas 　
Apr 10, 2011 　


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rats scramble
over a piece of sausage -
Sowete market

Soweto market-
he sweats a lot
while preaching

Elijah Juma


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he bargains
for sniffing glue --
Gikomba market

Antony Njoroge
source : "Torins Diary"


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PEACOCKS COLLECTION

Today we went for a walk at the Soweto market
and we observed the following poems:

Poems, February 2012
and
- MORE Poems, February 2012
and
- even MORE Poems, February 2012


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Brian Mulando in August 2012


Soweto Mosque-
a large poster at the wall
written Happy Idd Ul Fitr

Idd ul fitr-
a muslim man sharpens
his panga knife

Soweto market-
a muslim man buys
a fat goat

Idd ul fitr is on August 18, 2012.

. . . . and later on


opening hours-
a seller sorts out big oranges
from small ones

morning hours -
I buy a big avocado to smear
on my bread

Soweto market-
an avocado stall is shining
in green

Soweto market-
I feel bad when I step
on a rotten avocado

Soweto market-
a big orange attracts me
to the stall


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Nairobi City

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Nairobi City

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth

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Explanation




Nairobi
is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters".
However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is surrounded by several expanding villa suburbs.

Founded in 1899 as a simple rail depot on the railway linking Mombasa to Uganda, the town quickly grew to become the capital of British East Africa in 1907 and eventually the capital of a free Kenyan republic in 1963. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry.
Nairobi is also the capital of the Nairobi Province and of the Nairobi District. The city lies on the Nairobi River, in the south of the nation, and has an elevation of 1795 m above sea-level.

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Kibera

Kibera is a division of Nairobi Area, Kenya, and a province and neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the second largest urban slum in Africa.

The neighbourhood is divided into a number of villages, including Kianda, Soweto East, Gatwekera, Kisumu Ndogo, Lindi, Laini Saba, Siranga, Makina and Mashimoni. Conditions in Kibera are extremely poor, and most of its residents lack access to basic services, including electricity and running water.

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Haiku from Patrick Wafula


Wakulima Market--
soiled porters offload mangoes
from lorries

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muddy pick-up trucks
queue to offload tomatoes--
Soweto Market

Soweto stage market --
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full

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even beggars
line up mangoes for sale--
Haile Selassie Avenue

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truants swimming
in a seasonal lake--
Jogoo Road

traffic lights
on Jogoo Road--
smell of hot tires

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Last week, some bulldozers and caterpillars cut down all the grevillea tress along Landhies Road in order to expand the road. My goodness, how naked or can I say bare, the road is now! Isabelle Sensei, you will never those beautiful trees again, they are gone forever.



saw-dust scented
air on Landhies road--
fallen grevilleas


a bulldozer bites log
after log to load the lorries--
sliced grevillea


Muthurwa food vendors
filling sacks with saw dust--
whirring power saw


The Muthurwa food vendors are collecting the saw dust to use it as fuel for cooking food on their braziers.


September 22, 2010


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. Landhies Road haiku
by Andrew Otinga


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Photo by Patrick Wafula


bare jacaranda branches
adorned in purple blossoms--
Moi Avenue

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Patrick on January 2011, coming back from a trip


Nairobi sunset—
an orange sun sitting
on the Ngong Hills

Nairobi sunset—
flying crows littering
the orange dusk sky


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Doonholm road-
my tall shadow cast on
rusty mabati

Andrew Otinga

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Soweto market--
loud speakers advetise
Valentine products

Valentine morning--
vendors arrange flowers
in the wheelbarrow

Valentine day--
flower's hawker whistles
from door to door

Caleb Mutua, Kenya
Kenya Saijiki Forum February 2010



Muthurwa Market--
school girls gather around
success card vendors

Muthurwa Market--
the cabbage vendor juggles
a big one

Caleb Mutua, Kenya



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soweto stage --
muddy water stuck on
displayed potatoes


muthurwa market --
a boy struggles to pull
a cart from mud


Sibiko Yamame Winslause

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Soweto stage--
she slices pineaples
into a white bowl

Andrew Otinga
September 2010




Soweto market-
greenish mould sprouts over
a decayed tomato

Asava Kelvin


Soweto market-
a naked madman eats
a rotten watermelon

muthoki

September 2010




. SOWETO VILLAGE - poetic haibun 　
free verse : Beryl Achieng
haiku : James Bundi

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Soweto market--
she sprinkles water
on withered vegetable

Douglas Nugi
July 2011


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an old man
repairs an old bicycle
along thika road

Antony Njoroge


The expansion of Thika Road, a ten lane highway, considered the busiest highway in East Africa.
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Thika highway--
a boda boda motorbike
hit a truck

Thika highway--
the late schoolgirls are stuck
on the other side

Barrack Elungata


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Tom Mboya street--
city council officers chase
the mango hawkers

Caleb Mutua

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Muthurwa terminus--
a new peddler hawks
boiled maize

hussein haji


Muthurwa bus terminal
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sunny afternoon -
a coiled spider web sparkles
on a Kayaba fence

Sibiko Yamame Winslause

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At Masimba I witnessed a thief who had stolen a mobile phone and he was in the hands ofthe public:


Masimba stage-
blood stuck on the
stumbled blocks

Masimba stage-
blood trickling on his
left shoulder

Sibiko Yamame Winslause


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Machakos Country Bus Station

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Machakos terminus-
a short man advertising his
herbal merchandise

Andrew Otinga

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Donholm road-
my tall shadow cast on
rusty mabati

Andrew Otinga


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. Uhuru Park .
and a concert by Ricardo Muti
July 9, 2011


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the muddy path
coloured with flowers...
Kawangare

Anthony Njoroge

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. Ngong Road



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Life in Nairobi
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KIGO: THE LONG RAIN SEASON

A student-
Walking down a Soweto Street
His shoes squelching in mud

Outside our house-
Chicken peck grasshoppers
In the green grass

The white pelicans
Striding among cattle
In green pastures yonder

At Marikiti-
Trucks loaded with mangoes
Queue to offload

In the village-
Outside our mud house
Children play mtereso

*mtereso* a children’s game of sliding over mud.





At Soweto Market-
Crowds mill around
Buying fruits and veges

*veges* short for vegetables





A woman-
Looking very happy
Bites a juicy pear




Happy-looking women
Selling fresh pears
In market stalls



Happy-looking farmers
Delivering milk at KCC
Money is not a problem

*KCC* Kenya Co-operative Creameries.



Pastoralists smile-
Green pastures all over
Their livestock increase

Soiled farmers-
Planting maize and beans
Tired faces

A dark carpet
Covering the sky all day
Umbrellas vanish from shops

Happy-looking shopkeepers
Umbrellas and omo
Disappear from shops

*omo* A detergent.

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Collection from July 2006

in their torn shoes
the people walk chock chock--
rainfall
Catherine Muhonja


roads get flooded
and cars get stuck---
rainfall
Paul Musyoka


a vehicle is stuck
on the muddy Soweto road--
rainfall
Susan Wajau


a dashing car splashes
water on a lady in white
along the road
Rose Wanjiru Maina


helpless ants
struggling in a puddle--
rainfall
Joshua Luvinzu


rainy season
brings stagnant water---
mosquitoes buzz around
Kadima Zipporah


Kayole River--
flows in its curvy way
taking garbage away
Lilian Kiyaka


the rain falls--
Nairobi hawkers
have no job
Everlyne Ngang'a


a lot of mosquitoes
spreading malaria--
the rain
Ouko Hellen


mosquitoes multiply
and people rush for nets--
rainfall
Boniface Mutua


my child is drowning--
a woman screams loudly
from the riverbank
Domitillar Mutheu


Gikomba Market
is flooded and muddy--
hawkers hold their goods
Indombo Carolyne


flooded markets--
and hawkers carry
goods in hand
Ashraf Baraza


muddy Soweto streets--
villagers wearing boots
walk up and down
Jacklyne Aoko


cars dashing
on busy Valley Road
splash water on people
Erastus Mella


Baba Shiro is confounded
as his car is stuck in quagmire--
Shiro is sleepless
Patrick Gakuo

Note : Baba Shiro : Shiro's father


Wanjiku struggles
to trap water from their roof--
raining in Soweto
Hudson Mukanzi

Note : Wanjiku is a woman's name. Wanjiku also represents THE ordinary Kenyan citizen


muddy splashes
on people's clothes--
much washing
Mary Nabwire


moving cars
splash water on the road--
fuming pedestrians
Seline Aluoch


a frog jumping
across my feet as I draw
water from the river
Rebecca Akinyi


clouds become darker
and a spattering on the roofs--
the rainbow
Victor Amboko


shoes become
too heavy to lift--
rainfall in Soweto
Lilian Awino


a drunkard drowns
in flooded Kayole River--
burial rites
Billy Omalla


children slip and fall
mothers have plenty to wash--
omo
Irene Adisa


a black ant
drowned in a puddle--
this rain
Hillary Mbiti


a crawling baby
splashes her hand in a puddle--
mother concerned
Risper Kwamboka


children play in puddles
dirtifying themselves--
screaming mothers
Beatrice Anyango


a throng of children--
watching a chick drowned
in a puddle
Kamau M. Mathew


stagnant water--
frogs crock korrr korrr
all night
Johnson Mwangi


the rain causes
our vehicle to get stuck--
my mother is angry
Nyambura Serah


lightning strikes
as the silvery drops fall--
John caries his umbrella
Timothy


umbrella over my head
as I go to the market--
this rain
Timothy


a black ant--
drowned in water
in a basin
Beatrice Wangari


Muli's house is flooded
as it rains in Soweto--
shouts of help
Ian Kamau


my feet slide
in mud on Soweto streets--
rain
John Mutahi

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Meeting of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
November 2006

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Day of the African Child

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Day of the African Child

***** Location: Kenya, Africa, worldwide
***** Season: Cool dry season
***** Category: Observances

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The Day of the African Child (16 June)

This is a noticeable observance in Kenya. It is preceded by a build-up of several months. During this time, children practise the performances they will put on that day, adults prepare petitions or speeches, and fund-raising walks and other preparatory activities take place. Even this lead-up is well reported, as events usually happens in the city centre of Nairobi, where they draw attention to the cause of the African Child, who is being and will be celebrated.

The Day itself will have newspaper articles and TV reports on the celebrations and the speeches, as well as the many improvements still needed in the life of the African child -- education for all, an end to violence against children, water, food and sanitation for the health of children, as well as reflections on life in countries where war, kidnappings and child labour blight children’s lives.

Isabelle Prondzynski


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A girl sheds tears during the celebration to mark the Day of the African Child in Naivasha yesterday. Vice President Moody Awori was the chief guest.
Picture by Antony Kilonzi

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Harm children no more: Why Africa must rediscover Soweto
By Yvonne Chaka Chaka

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Eastern and Southern and Africa Yvonne Chaka Chaka, a South African musician and businesswoman, offers reflections and a call to action on the Day of the African Child


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For those old enough to remember, Soweto symbolizes courage. In 1976 during apartheid, young people my age, (I was 11), angry at being taught Afrikaans – seen as the language of oppression – decided to protest. On 16 June, 10,000 of them, mostly school children, took to Soweto’s streets in peaceful demonstrations.

The authorities responded with force. Armed police lobbed tear gas into the crowd and the students retaliated with rocks. When the mayhem was over, 152 children lay dead. The protests continued into 1977, by which time over 700 young lives had been lost. On 26 June that year, the government revoked the teaching of Afrikaans in all-black schools, a triumph for the anti-apartheid movement.

Fifteen years later, in 1991, the Organization of African Unity immortalized the Soweto Uprising by declaring 16 June the Day of the African Child. This declaration marked an official recognition of the children’s contributions to the struggle against apartheid.

This year’s Day of the African Child has as its theme, ‘Stop Violence against Children.’

Incidents of young girls, especially orphans, being raped or molested are reported every day in the media. The perpetrators – often fathers, uncles or neighbours – go unpunished because law-enforcement officers regard these crimes as domestic matters. For these children, though, the family – that sanctuary of peace and safety – has become a haven of impunity and a source of horror.

Where institutions do provide safety for abused children exist, they are woefully inadequate or poorly funded. The violence that is prevalent in the home, in fact, may simply be transferred to the institution.

We need an iron-clad resolve from the highest levels of political leadership. When they memorialized 16 June in 1991, our presidents were in effect saying, “Never again will Africa’s children be violated, abused and mowed down in the manner of the Soweto massacre.” That resolve needs to be rediscovered. Ceremony alone is simply not good enough.

Violence begets violence.
Only strong, robust action against the cycle of violence will fit the tribute that Soweto’s young heroes truly deserve.

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/southafrica_34550.html

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Celebrations in the Pumwani slums, Nairobi

All over the continent, the Day of the African Child was celebrated yesterday, 16 June 2006, in memory of the peaceful demonstration of children in Soweto, South Africa, 30 years ago.

By Morten Bonde Pedersen

In another African metropol, Nairobi, St. John’s Community Centre this week had arranged for celebrations throughout the week. The event peaked on the 16th when children from entire Pumwani were invited for a day of theater, music, performance and speeches.

Parallel to the ongoing events children from the slums took part in various activities, e.g. having their hair done and their nails and faces painted by cosmetology students from Nairobi who had all volunteered for the event.


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The celebrations -- a schedule for 2003

UNICEF is a member of the National Steering Committee for the Day of the African Child. The Committee is chaired by the Children's Department and has a membership of about 20 NGOs. This year, the Department of Civil Registration joined the Committee because of the birth registration theme. In the week prior to Day of the African Child various activities have been planned that will include :

* 7th June - An NGO - 'Dagoretti 4 Kids'- holds an informal march and rally to protest child labour and substance abuse. The local civil registrar will talk about birth registration.

* 9th June - Week- long activities to mark the day will be launched by the Asst. Minister, Home Affairs, in Maraktwet District at a rally focusing on birth registration. Marakwet District has one of the lowest birth registration rates.

* From 10th June training of birth registration agents and social mobilization for the community-based system of civil registration at the locational level will begin in Marakwet and Keiyo districts. These activities are supported by UNICEF KCO as part of the vital statistics project.

* Between 10th and 11th June - Children's Department Launches the Guidelines on the care of orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The guidelines were developed by the Government in collaboration with NGO partners, the National Aids Control Programme and UNICEF.

* 11th June - ANPPCAN holds a public baraza (rally) in the Kibera slums to talk about child rights.

* 12 - 15 th June - The Girl Child Network and Plan Kenya will hold workshops for children on child rights in all the Districts where Plan has projects.

* 12 - 13th June - 'The Chambers of Justice', a human rights foundation holds an exhibition at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre on 'Investing in Children'. The significance of birth registration for investment in children will be highlighted. The exhibition will kick off the petitioning process for the 'Cancel-Debts- for-the-Child' campaign. The campaign is spearheaded by the Chambers and has the support of 20 NGOs and several Government Departments. UNICEF is one of the supporters of the campaign, which was launched on April 6, 2003 by the Minister for Home Affairs.

* 14th June - A pleasure/educational train ride for children to Naivasha organized by the NGO- Juhudi Children club.

* 16th June - Public Rally in Nairobi on birth registration. Proposed venue - Starehe Boys Centre. The Minister for Home Affairs, Hon. Moody Awori, will officiate. The UNICEF Kenya Representative will speak at the rally. A supplement on birth registration will be placed in one of the country’s leading dailies.
This will be sponsored by JICA (Japan International Co-operation Agency)
www.unicef.org/newsline/2003/dac2003inesaro.doc


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chattering school girls --
a child leads a blind man
jangling his shillings

Isabelle Prondzynski

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***** Missing Children’s Day


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Pig, pigs

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Pig, pigs

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation

Regarding the pig as a kigo, we cannot say for sure that it can be a kigo in Nairobi, since pigs roam freely on the streets and in the village of Soweto.
However, during the rain season, they are out there in plenty since there is plenty of stagnant water and mud for them to allow in.
In the dry season, pigs wallow in the open sewerage rivulets that flow freely from the pit latrines in the Soweto village.

Pigs are also present at the dump sites furrowing for food left-overs and worms.

My most horrifying experience with pigs in Soweto was last year 2009 one February morning when I came across a group of dumbfounded women looking wordlessly at a pig devouring a dead baby, which it had picked from a nearby dump site.

I am not going to eat pork in a long while!


More about the pigs in Soweto/Kayole Villages.

The roaming pigs are owned by some residents, and given that rearing them is an expensive affair, the pig farmers opt for the easier option: allowing the animals freedom to scavenger for food around the village. The pig food is plenty and freely available. At market stalls, vegetable remains and fruit peelings are readily available; in the leaking pit latrine trenches, maggots and earthworms are freely available.

Pigs are a lucrative business. One adult pig costs between 16,000/- to 20,000/- Kshs. almost the same price as a fully grown cow. Now the many pork kiosks in Kayole/Soweto get their pork supplies from these roaming pigs.

A word of caution to the fans of pork, though: roaming pigs act as pathogens to certain worms and we should ensure the meet is thoroughly boiled or fried. The best pork is one from confined pigs which are fed and cared for by a farmer himself.

And have you ever come across roaming goats that feed on mandazi?
It would be very interesting to pay a visit to our Soweto/Kayole Village. Our goats and pigs are so domesticated and pet that they feed not only on mandazi, but also cakes! That is not all: there are plenty of roaming dogs too who mingle freely with the above animals to form a very unique family. The only irony is that when pigs or goats are slaughtered, the dogs sit patiently outside the pork and bacon shops waiting for their share of their colleagues' left overs!

muddy road--
a black goat grabs mandazi
from a deserted stall

pork butchery--
a dog waits patiently
for the bones


Patrick Wafula
Kenya Saijiki Forum


mandazi
A traditional donut-like breakfast food also sold all over East Africa as a warm snack.


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a story from Malaba - Teso District, Kenya

James is thirty eight years old and is married to a business lady. Together they have three children: two are boys and one is a girl. The boys are big and in high school while the last born is in baby class. The wife’s business is a grocery with a specialty in selling ground nuts from Uganda.
James started his pig business three years ago . . .
Read the full story here:
source : www.kiva.org


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Japan

. WASHOKU
Pig and Pork (buta, ton 豚　ぶた)


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children shout at a pig
creeping in stagnant muddy water-
sunny morning

yamame
Feb 2010


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hot afternoon --
a pig eating crunched biscuits
on the road

Antony Mwangi
March 2010


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hot afternoon--
lively piglets frisk in the
muddy water

Caleb Mutua
Kenya Saijiki Forum, Feb. 2009


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two pigs
lie in the mud . . .
become so dirty

Mourice Opondo
May 2007


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two piglets eat
sweet potato peelings --
grey morning

Patrick Wafula
September 2010


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a pig
running down the sewage --
Kibera

Margreta Nzilili
Kenya Saijiki Forum, Aug. 2007


Kibera is one of the most pronounced slums within Kenya.

Kibera, Kenya is the largest slum in Kenya and is home to an estimate 1.2 million people. It is an illegal settlement with no government services including electricity, water, sewage and garbage pickup. When it rains all the garbage, sewage and dirt wash down the hills into the trench.
source : www.adventures.org


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a piglet sheltering
under an old hand cart -
scorching sun

Andrew Otinga
January 2011


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snorting pig
busy searching and searching--
garbage heap

Abraham Muuo


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a pig's snout sinks
in a muddy dust bin--
evening snack

black mud
on a pig's snout--
stroll by the stream

Brian Etole


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Patrick Wafula

Patrick Wafula helps establish the various haiku clubs in Nairobi.
Patrick Sensei, thank you !

BAHATI Haiku Club, Kenya
PEACOCK Haiku Club, Kenya
SPIDER Haiku Club, Kenya

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

Patrick Wafula's Bizzare Tales
"I love teaching children and writing stories for them. I also enjoy writing stories for the youth and adult. "

Read these fascinating tales online
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HAIKU by Patrick Wafula

RONALD NGALA STREET, Nairobi



hooting matatus
dashing pedestrians
restlessness

March 2006

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Bourgainvillea



flowers blossom again-
bougainvillea
blooms pink

Dedicated to Madame Gabi and Madam Isabelle

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The Long Rain, April 2006



it is green all over-
farmers stoop on their farms
all morning


green fields
the green grasshopper
is back

Soweto stage market
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full

muddy shoes
muddy classrooms
students mop classrooms

muddy shoes
a queue at the shoeshine
muddy door mats

flooded Nairobi River
a drowned corpse
people mourn

muddy vehicles
queues at car wash
towing services busy

muddy roads
matatus are stuck
pensive faces

muddy shoes
muddy offices
cleaners stoop all day

green meadow
a hare eats grass leisurely
a browsing antelope

amarantus sprout again
women no longer buy veges
vegetable prices fall

flooded farms
soil erosion all over
a farmer builds gabbions

Makini School Bus stuck
pupils are late
worried faces

evening rain
rush hour in Nairobi
fare goes up

midday rain
she covers her head hair with juala
unhappy women

balmy morning
a robin leaps in the garden
dew on roses

frogs emerge-
termites flying
in the drizzle

Lake Victoria is flooded-
ngege is back
on our tables

...........................ngege: type of fish


the yellow butterfly-
hovering over
trees and flowers

farmers weed-
the wandering jew
sprouts again

rabits feed-
macdonald's eye
sprout again

farmers weed-
datura strumonium
sprouts again

cattle grow fat-
nappier grass grows
from the earth

flooded houses in Soweto-
a woman drains water
from her house

acacia leaves sprout-
students seat under
its shelter

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Soweto Stage Market, April 2006



at Soweto Stage Market-
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full

*vyondos* are kikuyu traditional baskest made of sisal and polythane papers.





at Soweto Stage Market-
Sowetans buy fresh tomatoes
to prepare lunch





mangoes are back-
hawkers push wheelbarrows
selling mangoes

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World Cup haiku, June 2006

men without tv sets
go out to watch world cup---
lonely wives at home

tv sets are bought from
electronics shops at Luthuli--
smiling Asians

two form one boys fight
over Ronaldihno's photo
the cane cracks

world cup has done it---
Erick Okello is absent
from school today

two form two boys
quarrel over Thiery's photo
noise in class

on Luthuli street---
a man carries a new huge
television set

excited fans mill
in the electronics shops--
televisions are bought

Germany beats Sweden--
pandemonium in Stuttgart
and bottles on the streets

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cold dawn
sleepy Soweto shrouded
in grey mist

March 2009


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Slum fire, fires

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Slum fires
(Swahili : moto (singular) mioto (plural))

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

The urban slums of Kenya are highly prone to fires.
This is due to a cumulation of causes.

Each homestead has as its main focus the jiko, the fireplace or brazier, where food is cooked and heat is generated in the cold season. The jiko can be the traditional three stones, with firewood or maize cobs used as fuel. In the urban areas, it will more commonly be a brazier using charcoal, or a small metal cooker using kerosene oil.

Light is produced by hurricane lamps burning kerosene. Most homes keep a small supply of kerosene for their lamps and jiko.



Houses are small, and many combustible materials are kept within close range of any of these open fires. People, possibly with trailing clothes, move around the vicinity, and sometimes children play too near the fireplaces. During the cold season, nights are chilly, and there can be a tendency to leave fires to burn themselves out slowly while people are already falling asleep.

Ironing is done with charcoal irons, using live coals.

Many Kenyans are smokers, and careless handling of cigarettes can also cause fires.

Some small businesses use open fires -- maize roasters, fish fryers and mandazi bakers. These fires are normally well supervised and in any case extinguished as night falls.

Slum homes may also be threatened by external circumstances. These are fires starting in their neighbours' homes, fires due to sparking electricity cables, and (in one terrible incident in September 2011) a fire at the Kenya Pipeline in the Sinai section of Lunga Lunga slum. The huge oil pipeline, which ran through the slum, sprung a leak, and the slum dwellers tried to catch the spilling oil. It caught fire and exploded, killing and burning many. Some people jumped into the burning Ngong River to quench the flames, and many drowned there.

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Some terrible pictures here of the Sinai fire (explosion at the Kenya Pipeline)
source : www.flickr.com

And a video of the scene :
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Written in August 2012

About a month ago, fire broke out in one of the houses in the Tujisaidie community in Soweto (in the Kayole suburb of Nairobi), and everything that the family owned was destroyed. Fortunately, no one was injured and the fire did not spread to neighbouring plots.



The community's youth group, Tumaini, was at that time welcoming a group of British visitors. Abandoning their guests to respond to the call for help, the youth ran to the site of the fire and, together with the neighbours, worked hard to put it out. This involved carrying water over quite a distance, as the pipes were dry at this time. The visitors helped as best they could, carrying jerricans of water in a long chain from the Nursery School water tank, until the flames had been quenched.

For the next day, they had planned a programme of calls to several projects in the community. But the visitors discussed the matter overnight and decided that helping to rebuild the burnt house was much more important. And so, they each contributed whatever funds they could, so that building materials could be bought, and the rest of the day was spent putting up a new corrugated iron house.

The rest of the community also got together. Everyone who could, donated some clothes, some pots and pans, a blanket and other essential items, to give the affected family a new start. Slum families support each other... and each of them had probably been helped by others already, at some other time...

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as his fire crackles
there is laughter and chat --
maize roaster

last rays
of the red sunset --
maize roaster’s fire

evening cool --
the fish fryer’s fire
glows from afar

Isabelle Prondzynski


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updates of fire
in Soweto on Facebook --
tears on my face

the fire --
Soweto goes dark
once again

still standing --
burnt electricity poles
telling the story

black smoke
engulfs the Soweto sunset --
a rush of helpers

water water
everyone calls --
flames and smoke

Antony Njoroge



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Fire in Soweto, August 2012

fire outbreak --
a woman cries pleading
for quick help

rescue group --
the watching crowd
moves away

fire outbreak --
black smoke makes its way
to the atmosphere

~ Brian Mulando




singing a song
from a blackened Golden Bells --
smouldering remains

dancing smoke
from a burnt mattress --
village fire

~ James Bundi




On Saturday at dusk, after the fire tragedy that also destroyed a transformer and left a section of Soweto in darkness for three days, while we stood by watching the Kenya Power and Lighting Company staff fixing the transformer:

shooting star--
we mistake its bright streak
for power return

Patrick Wafula, August 22, 2012



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thick smoke --
my eyes are drenched
with tears

she wails
on seeing burnt bodies --
Sinai inferno

oil floats on
sparkling sewage --
Ngong River

an injured boy
is lifted onto a stretcher --
rescue mission

Sinai heat --
flames bubbling in
the smokey sky

Sinai tragedy --
oil fumes linger
in the air

a pastor leads
the bereaved in prayer --
Sinai fire

Tom Mboya Hall --
a pile of burnt mabati
at the entrance

bereaved parade --
a photographer identifies
an impostor

~ Andrew Otinga
(on the Sinai Pipeline tragedy mentioned above)


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fire tragedy --
a crying child asking
for her mother

Sinai fire --
displaced children
crying for food

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August cold --
a maize roaster pokes
his smouldering fire

Caleb Mutua

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on a jam
dusty matatus on a stand still -
Nakumatt blaze

Nakumatt blaze was a great supermarket fire in 2009.

Siboko Yamame

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***** Jiko (brazier) and makaa (charcoal)


***** WKD : Fire (kaji)
kigo for all winter in Japan


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Mini Haiku Walk

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Kenya Saijiki Mini Ginko

11 February 2012


Report by
Patrick Wafula, Andrew Otinga and Caleb Mutua


Introduction
On Saturday 11 February 2012, the haiku clubs of two schools, Bahati Secondary School (the “Bambochas”) and St. Mathew Secondary School (the “Peacocks”) converged for a mini ginkoo at St. Mathew Secondary School’s Soweto campus.

The interaction was in the afternoon, after the student haijin had finished their Saturday tuition. The Patrons of the haiku clubs (Patrick sensei, Otinga san and Caleb san) were there to provide guidance and to allow the student haijin to interact freely and write haiku together.


Agenda
Ø Brief talks from club Patrons
Ø Brief talks from the clubs’ representatives
Ø Five senses of observation
Ø February Shiki Kukai competition
Ø Message from Kenya Saijiki Moderator


Introduction
Caleb san, assisted by Peacock club representatives, helped arrange the venue and led the introduction part as the students waited for Patrick sensei and Otinga san. When the two patrons arrived at the venue, Caleb san invited Patrick sensei, who was running late for another meeting, to officially start the first Mini Kukai of this year.

Patrick sensei expressed his satisfaction with the performance of the students in the Kenya Saijiki Forum. He also thanked the Moderator of the forum and Gabi sensei for their continued participation in the Saijiki. He then proceeded to share with the students the programme and activities the Patrons had outlined for this term. Among other things were two meetings each month between the two schools and continuous discussions on the progress of the students.


Five senses of observation
Patrick sensei explained how to use the five senses of observation when observing and writing haiku -- this was after Otinga san had asked him to help his students because he had observed that most Peacocks wrote most of their haiku based on their sense of sight.

Each haijin was asked to write down each of the five senses and descriptive words that go with each sense. The haijin were then asked to bring the list with them to the outdoor activity fieldwork scheduled later in afternoon. He elaborated this by writing two desk haiku on the sense of hearing and the sense of taste.

Mr. Otinga was next. As the host, he began by welcoming the audience to St. Mathew Secondary School and asking them to feel at home. He then thanked the students for beginning the year with fervour and zest. He said he was impressed with the improvements the students had made and thanked the Moderator for her comments on the haijin’s haiku. He stressed that these comments had helped the students a lot. He also thanked Patrick sensei for taking it upon himself to give detailed responses on questions about the five senses. He hoped the haijin would make a habit of using the other senses as well as the sense of sight.

He thanked sensei for his devotion and asked to be excused from teaching haiku because he believed he still had a lot to learn. However, he asked both Patrick sensei and Caleb san to allow him accompany them every time they alternatingly went for haiku discussions. He finished by inviting remarks from all club representatives from both schools.

Club representatives were brief with their congratulatory presentations thanking their patrons and club members for the support they have been receiving.

Caleb was the last to speak. His presentation was based on a message from the Moderator of Kenya Saijiki, Ms. Isabelle Prondzynski. He read to the audience some of the latest comments from the Moderator. He underscored to the students the need to keep the words that “belong” together in the same line (together).

He wrote on the blackboard some of the haiku which the moderator had suggested that their author of those haiku rewrite by putting words that “belong” together in the same line. The meeting was closed and students proceeded to Soweto Stage where there is a market for groceries and fruit.



Mangoes



Mini Ginkoo
Haijin converged at Soweto Stage Market a few minutes past 2pm. Caleb and Mr. Andrew Otinga reminded the haijin to take a keen interest in plums and mangos, being the current kigo.


Late lunch
After the ginkoo, the haijin went to a famous café called Babylon Kitchen where they brushed up their poems over a late lunch.

On behalf of the clubs, Mr. Otinga sincerely thanked Patrick sensei for offering to buy all the haijin present at the ginkoo some snacks. He termed him a cheerful giver.

After the lunch, he patrons closed the kukai and thanked all the haijin who had given their time to make the event a success.


Recommendations and Conclusions
1. Patrons and club representatives concluded that haijin had started the year well.

2. Club representatives from Bahati acknowledged that some of their haijin had not been serious haiku poets and promised a change for the better.

3. Both patrons and haijin concluded that smell of urine is a kigo for the hot dry season because even though the smell of urine is there all year round, during the hot dry season the stench is increased because of the heat.

4. Club patrons concluded that the next ginkoo will involve haijin from St. Mathew Secondary School (Kangundo Road branch).



Plums


Patrick sensei also submitted his own poems :

morning sunrays —
our hen pecks at itself
in the mirror

shouts of goal —
a trail of dust follows
the polythene ball



Compiled by Caleb Mutua
© Kenya Saijiki

© Photos : Isabelle Prondzynski

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St Mathew Kukai Nov 2011

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Eleventh Kukai of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
St Mathew’s Secondary School, Soweto Branch
November 5, 2011

This was the eleventh Kukai of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi. It took place at St Mathew’s, Soweto Branch, following the kind invitation of Mr Andrew Otinga, the Patron of the Peacocks Haiku Club. It was also the last kukai for several members of the Peacocks and the Bamboochas, who were in the final days of their KCSE examinations and were about to graduate from their respective schools.

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Participants :

Peacocks
Abednego Muasya
Agnetta Shikalo
Akaliene Rose
Brian Etole
Brian Mulando
Bryan Anyonya
Carolyne Wanjiru
Caxton Okoth
Ceciliah Wambui
Derrick Ambale
Diana Dolla
Doris Muthini
Elijah Juma
Elijah Noah
Esther Mweme
Faith Owila
Florence Mlangi
Gertrude Wahu
Hamisi Ishmael Kambona
James Karume
Jescah Auma
John Kennedy
Joseph Musango
Joshua Kyalo
Julie Okach
Kevin Asava
Lencer Achieng
Margaret Ndinda
Metrine Okalo
Moses Nyawanga
Pauline Wayua
Richard Okoth
Silvia Mukelli
Sharon Akoth
Stanley Mutinda
Stanley K Joshua
Stephen Munyao
Synaidah Kalahi
Titus Mutungi
Valary Knight
Virginia Njeri

Bamboochas
Ancent Mutua
Annastacia Muthini
Antony Mwangi
Cecil Wambui
Collins Omuganda
Consolata Akoth
Donnahlily Atieno
Douglas Nugi
Emmanuel Muteti
Gloriah Kerubo
Iryne Lydiah Aluoch
Isaac Ndirangu
James Bundi
John Kamau
Johnson Gacugu
Lucy Mukuhi
Mecyline Akinyi
Melcine Ayako
Mercy Muthoni
Milkah Wanjiku
Rachael Njeri
Redempta Ndinda
Sam Pirias
Silvia Khabayi
Stephen Macharia
Sylviah Mbone
Susan Njeri
Teresia Njeri


Cocks
Caleb Mutua
Catherine Njeri Maina

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While the students were gathering for the kukai, Mr Patrick Wafula, the Co-ordinator of the Haiku Clubs, gave them a quiz to solve, promising a small prize to the 16 participants who had answered all five questions correctly.

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Caleb Mutua was in charge as Master of Ceremonies for the morning session. Participants were sorry to hear that Antony Njoroge was ill and sent him their good wishes.

The meeting started with lively choruses and a prayer.

The new members of the Haiku Clubs, particularly those in Form One, were welcomed.

The Chairpersons of the Haiku Clubs, Brian Etole and Synaidah Kalahi for the Peacocks and Isaac Ndirangu for the Bamboochas, then presented brief reports on the work which had been carried out in their respective clubs.


Synaidah Kalahi presenting the Peacocks’ report
Photo : Isabelle Prondzynski

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Update on computer teaching

Mr David Kimani reported that the following computer students (all Peacocks) had been regular and committed attendees at computer classes and would soon have finished their end-of-year examinations, qualifying them for a certificate :

Jack Silingi
Pauline Wayua
Synaidah Kalahi
Benta Kisia
Stanley K Joshua
Doris Muthini
Winfrida Maheri
Elijah Juma
Joshua Kyalo
Titus Mutungi
Otakwa Livingstone
Agnetta Shikalo
Abednego Muasya
Caxton Okoth
Monica Ndunge
Joseph Musango
Valary Knight
Margaret Ndinda
Grannis Ambuli
John Kennedy
Victor Odhiambo
Jescah Auma

He expressed his appreciation for their commitment and studiousness, and he looked forward to teaching the next group soon after the start of the new school year.

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Best haiku submitted to Kenya Saijiki since the previous kukai

As the Moderator of Kenya Saijiki, I (Isabelle Prondzynski) then presented prizes for the best haiku written by members of the forum during the past few months. I had been greatly impressed with the high standard of haiku written by the prizewinners, so that the choice of the top places had been a hard one. The prizewinners received some well-merited applause.

These are the prizewinning haiku :

1.
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sunset --
a farmer scrapes mud
from his hoe

~ Victor Obutho

2.
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Gertrude's hospital --
jacaranda flowers fall
one by one

~ J Kaweto

3.
---
light shower --
her hair shines with
raindrops

~ Brian Mulando

4.
---
sudden blackout --
the hawker lights
all his torches

~ Brian Etole

5.
---
marching scouts --
dust rises from their
stumbling feet

~ Yamame

6.
---
Mashujaa Day --
rain forces the choir
from the stage

~ Kelvin Mukoselo

7.
---
twilight --
sunrays sweep across
jacaranda flowers

~ Catherine Njeri Maina

8.
---
a dishevelled calf
shelters under a stall --
evening showers

~ Bonface Bonke

9.
---
rush hour --
a matatu spills dust
past the market

~ Elijah Juma

10.
----
goat choma point --
the sparkling light of
a burning jiko

~ James Bundi


Viewing the haiku prizes
Photo : Patrick Wafula



Numbers 11 to 18 (in no particular order)
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a body push
sends a lady to the floor --
avocado chaos

~ Mango Junior

a candle flame sways
side to side in the wind --
power failure

~ Stephen Macharia

muddy road --
a mkokoteni puller
in torn gumboots

~ Isaac Ndirangu

late evening --
a greengrocer lights
the first candle

~ Winfridah Malesi

moving cars --
a cloud of dust floats
in the air

~ Otakwa Livingstone

busy road --
a glimmer of light
from the matatu

~ Pauline Wayua

Soweto market --
she sprinkles water on
withered vegetables

~ Douglas Nugi

Mashujaa Day --
heavy rain interrupts
the programme

~ Douglas Kaucho

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Appreciating other people’s haiku

In a workshop, with nine groups of around nine people working together, the students discussed nine prizewinning international haiku, working out which of these they liked best, and why. Each group then presented the haiku they had chosen, explaining why they liked it best and whether it complied with the basic rules of haiku.

They realised that it was not easy to work out which was the kigo, as the seasons are different in other parts of the world, but they made a valiant effort to find the kigo in each example. They also made several thoughtful suggestions as to how the haiku could have been further improved.

The two haiku that garnered the most support in this workshop were :

paper lantern --
a moth’s shadow dances
on the wall

~ Jacek M.


after the storm --
the old dry well
full of stars

~ Manuela Dragomirescu


Haiku working groups
~ Photo : Isabelle Prondzynski

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Poetic haiga

Isaac Ndirangu then presented a poetic haiga he had written, about Mashujaa Day (20 October), a kigo for the short rains, when the heroes of Kenya are celebrated.


in the times of war
Kenyan warriors fought for all
some even tried to build some wall
for they knew the war was not for the fool
mashujaa fought for all

National Stadium --
a presidential speech to recognise
our freedom fighters

the land was disgusting
especially where they were hiding
the wise were forbidding
for our leaders who were upcoming
bur still mashujaa fought for all

commemorating independence --
rest in peace the gone heroes
of our Kenya

some were detained
but still freedom was obtained
and now we are enjoying what our warriors attained
mashujaa fought for all


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Ginkoo - Haiku Walk

After the lunch break, the haijin set out for their ginkoo, while the Patrons and the Moderator discussed haiku club business. Following the ginkoo, they became the jury, while the haijin entertained themselves and each other.

These were the haiku chosen as the prizewinners of the ginkoo :

1.
---
the thud of
a fresh mudball on the floor --
hopscotch

~ James Bundi

2.
---
muddy path --
her shoe remains
behind

~ Milkah Wanjiku

3.
---
hot afternoon --
he pours ginkoo water
on his head

~ Brian Etole

4.
---
hot noon --
she washes a baby
on the balcony

~ Brian Mulando

5.
---
cool breeze --
a tethered goat browses
on a green field

~ Asava Kevin

6.
---
sunny afternoon --
tadpoles paddling inside
stagnant water

~ Agnetta Shikalo

7.
---
water ripples --
sun's reflection on its surface
hits my eyes

8.
---
sweat drips --
he pushes a wheelbarrow
full of stones

~ Donnahlily Atieno

9.
---
afternoon nap --
haijin's footsteps wake
the goat up

10.
----
flower bed --
the gardener uproots
a moss plant

~ Gloriah Kerubo


Out for the ginkoo
~ Photo : David Kimani Mwangi

11.
----
roadside kiosk --
a vendor loading some
empty charcoal cans

~ Isaac Ndirangu

12.
----
noon --
a panting dog crosses
the stream

~ Stanley Mutinda

13.
----
rattling sound --
a toad hops over
the dustbin

~ Joshua Kyalo

14.
----
hot sunshine --
man in yellow cap relaxing
under a castor tree

~ Dominic Kuvonga

15.
----
midday --
bluegum leaves fall
beside a haijin

~ Diana Dolla

16.
----
sudden wind --
banana leaves sway
side by side

~ Mercy Muthoni

17.
----
scorching sun --
the reflection of light on
the water surface

~ Stephen Macharia

18.
----
water in a basin --
a rainbow cast on the
shiny mabati

~ Margaret Ndinda

19.
----
calm afternoon --
an eagle tries to balance
high up in the sky

~ John Kennedy

20.
----
trimmed fence --
a broken umbrella
suspended

~ Synaidah Kalahi

Prizes were distributed to the winners, and a great atmosphere continued to reign for some time after the close of the kukai, with haijin lingering, chatting to each other, and taking pictures in the evening sunlight. All agreed that this had been a splendid kukai, and expressed their congratulations to Mr Andrew Otinga, the organiser.


The ginkoo prizewinners
~ Photo : Isabelle Prondzynski

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Kukai haiku by the Patrons

Following the kukai, the Patrons also sent in their haiku of the day, remembering the pleasure it had given them. So here, as an afterword, are the Patrons’ haiku :

the Moderator helps
a ladybird cross the table --
11th kukai

withering flowers
in old plastic bottles --
the din of haijin

Kukai workshop --
two chicks peck bread crumbs
under chairs

~ Patrick Wafula


she moves
to inspect haiku groups --
eleventh kukai

open windows --
cool breeze drifts
into the hall

eleventh kukai --
flower vases on the
front table

~ Andrew Otinga


eleventh kukai --
the flower arrangement wilts
before my eyes

lunch break --
a hen and chicks peck
for our fallen crumbs

lunch break --
a kitten is resting
on a haijin’s lap

jury meeting --
haiku entries weighed down
by our fingers

~ Isabelle Prondzynski


The top table at the kukai,
with the flower vases we all enjoyed
Photo : Patrick Wafula



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