The best Kenyan and Ugandan Proverbs that will fill you with wisdom.

The best Kenyan & Ugandan proverbs that will fill you with Wisdom.

                 The first question that always disturbs many is this, what are proverbs? Can you answer the question? Well I guess you may not be in a good position to answer it, Let me start by briefing its answer. Proverbs are popular sayings that provide nuggets of wisdom into your mind. I n short, by using them in your speaking skill, they help improve your grammar and make your story telling act more interesting. Proverbs have been there since long time before you and me were able to see the light of the day.

            Proverbs were used by our ancestors to pass wisdom to the young generation that passed them on to their young generation that then passed them to you and I  that we can now also freely pass them on to our young ones. Along into my research of discovering more, well my curiosity led me into discovering some of them. I was interested in knowing and comparing some of the proverbs they say in some countries that then due to much interest, I decided to major into these two countries and came up with the proverbs their elders are using to advise them.

            Many elders nowadays tend to use these proverbs to pass knowledge to their grandees as a way of avoiding much storytelling and they are really sounding nice in the ears of the genius, so if they don’t sound nice in your ears or in your eyes when you read, take time to ask yourself why? These ones I am going to serve you with are the hottest in east Africa as a whole so you can subscribe to be updated whenever more of them come on page, so I would advise you to wide-open your eyes as these, will actually change your life;

The best proverbs between the two countries are….(Uganda vs. Kenya)

·        Only a fool tries to jump in fire.   (Ugandan proverb)

·        All cassavas have the same skin but not all taste the same. (Kenyan proverb)

·        A roaring lion kills no game. ( Ugandan proverb )

·        Because a man has injured your goat, do not go out and kill his bull. (Kenyan proverb)

·        It is better to be married to an old lady than to remain unmarried. (Ugandan proverb)

·        Do not slaughter a calf before it’s mother’s eyes. ( Kenyan proverb)

·        Death is a scar that never heals. (Ugandan proverb)

·        Don’t count what they get – they count what they don’t get. (Kenyan proverb)

·        You must judge a woman by the taste of her soup. ( Ugandan proverb)

·        Do not say the first thing that comes into your mind. (Kenyan proverbs)

·        An Elephant an never fail to carry its tusks. ( Ugandan proverb)

·        A woman’s stomach does not grow if she is not pregnant. (Kenyan proverb)

·        The tongue of a co-wife is bitter. (Ugandan proverb)

·        Crawling on hands and knees has never prevented anyone from walking upright. (Kenyan proverb)

Hope you are enjoying it, here are more them;

ü In the entire world, things are two and two’s. (Ugandan proverb)

ü A sinking ship does not need a captain. (Kenyan proverb)

ü When the moon is not full, the stars shine more brightly. (Ugandan proverb)

ü All monkeys cannot hang on the same branch. (Kenyan proverb)

ü He who hunts two rats catches none. (Ugandan proverb)

ü A true person is the one who gives birth to a foolish child. (Kenyan proverb)

ü A dog with a bone in its mouth cannot bite you. (Ugandan proverb)

ü A rat-trap catches both the guilty and the innocent. (Kenyan proverb)

Do not go away yet, you’ve not seen these ones;

v A sheep does not lament the death of a goat’s kid. (Ugandan proverb)

v A word in the heart does not win. (Kenyan proverb)

v An ugly girl does not become old at home. (Ugandan proverb)

v A lone runner says he have legs. (Kenyan proverb)

v An infertile woman gets more visitors. ( Ugandan proverb)

v He who does not know one thing knows another. (Kenyan proverb)

v Do not belittle what you did not cultivate. (Ugandan proverb)

v He who is unable to dance blames it on the stony yard. (Kenyan proverb).

v He who is bitten by a snake fears a lizard. (Ugandan proverb)

v How easy is it to defeat people who do not kindle fire for themselves? (Kenyan proverb)

A bonus reading is this, Even the mightiest eagles comes down to the treetops to rest, Just indicate from which country among the two, did I take the proverb from.