12,455 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

Rank: Unranked Obibini

“Gicigo kia mugunda gitinyihaga”
A piece of land is not a little thing; however small the field you possess has its importance if you work it //
A little house well-filled, a little land well-tilled, and a little wife well willed are great riches.

12,455 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

Rank: Unranked Obibini

“Kahii kogi ta ithe kabaritaga ta migwi”
A son as cunning as his father knows the arrows like father //
Like carpenter, like chips.

12,455 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

Rank: Unranked Obibini

“Muciari ndathikuragia igwa itina”
Parents do not take away the earth that covers the root of the sugar cane //
As a good farmer does not uncover the roots of the sugar cane lest it may dry, so good parents have a limit also in punishing their children.

12,455 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

Rank: Unranked Obibini

“Cira wothe wambagiririo na nda” *
Every case begins from the stomach //
An empty belly hears nobody.

* The Kikuyu have an ox or a goat killed, roasted and distributed to judges at the beginning of every case. Familiarly they use the proverb to say that one of the most important jobs of life is to provide something to eat.

12,455 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

Rank: Unranked Obibini

“Ungiria irio cia muthemba umwe iri kinyiria”
Change of pasture makes fat calves //
If you always eat the same food, it becomes bitter ; it is a good thing to change.

Or as the young folk say, “switch it up”.