Fifty two elderly people from Migori County have hired an interpreter to update them on the current political news, a move that has been necessitated by their thirst to be informed about the status of the state of the nation.
The interpreter’s main duty is to make it easier for them to understand the current affairs and political issues in their local dialect that they say they understand better.
The now famous saying that knowledge is power is one that some elders from Migori County understand too well.
Every day, the young men are tasked with the work of interpreting to the elders’ current affairs and political issues in their local dialect which is ‘Dholuo” and which they understand better.
The elders who have organized themselves in a group registered as Namba Abila always meet at this make shift structure, 3 kilometers off Migori town everyday at 4pm.
Today, Sunday, the gist of their discussion was on the recent controversial deportation of lawyer Miguna Miguna to Canada.
The curious elders are keen to get facts right from their interpreter so that they can be at par with the current political waves in the country.
According to the interpreter Charles Juma, he goes to Migori town everyday to purchase the dailies, after which he reads before he prepares himself for the tough task.
The 40 year- old who has been doing the job for the last five years reports to the meeting carrying major dailies which he peruses as he tackles some issues raised by the elders.
The dailies are bought by the money contributed by the members themselves out of whom he also gets something to take home at the end of the day.
A part from being informed about current affairs, the group also has a merry go round where they contribute 500 shillings every Friday.
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