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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 10 Aug 2017

    A tree can only be bent when it is still young. A Kinyakole #proverb sent by Moses Mayegu in Kampala, Uganda

    10:00 PM - 10 Aug 2017
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    • Frédéric  Betta-Akwa GODFREY KYEYUNE W. MOSES Cancou Condé porofil dhamma_76 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 Omuyayi Bd216 🕊 Bryn 🇺🇬
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      2. rizzy Kim‏ @rizzieky 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Here we say "Samaki mkunje angali mbichi" meaning curve a fish while it is still raw.

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      3. Japan_Rover‏ @Japan_Rover 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @rizzieky @BBCAfrica

        Ni kweli! Sawa na Udongo uwahi ungali maji!

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      2. Kingsley Chukwuka‏ @Kingsley_Chuka 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #SameSaying Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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      1. Judith Mirembe‏ @7Mirembe 11 Aug 2017
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        happy to see something from Uganda. I always saw for other African tribes

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      1. Conscientious‏ @SbuQa1 10 Aug 2017
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        Umuthi ugotshwa usemanzi _ same proverb in isi-Zulu.

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      2. GrahamKeys‏ @GrahamKeysMusic 10 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Akati keinikwa kakiri kabitsi.

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      3. Rodgers Prince‏ @RodgersPrince5 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @GrahamKeysMusic @BBCAfrica

        But Mayegu is not a Runyankole name, right?

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      1. winnie muthoni‏ @wmuthoni07 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        A Kikuyu proverb as well.

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      1. Wolen‏ @djwover 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Hello people

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      1. Robinson Nkaire‏ @r_nkaire 11 Aug 2017
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        The basoga in uganda have 2 renditions of that - Kakula mamera & akaliba akendo okabonera ku mukonda.Same message as the kinyankole #proverb

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      1. Japan_Rover‏ @Japan_Rover 11 Aug 2017
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        "Udongo upate ungali maji" is a Swahili Proverb meaning the same exactly 100% !

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      1. Scott H.‏ @DullhooksScott 10 Aug 2017
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        Thus liberal profs rampant in colleges.

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      1. GENO ERIC‏ @genoeric1 10 Aug 2017
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        representing Ugandans btw where do u send them I also want to send for my tribe soon

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