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Transcript for "Diseases"

Speaker: Pamela Namwenya Olinga

00:00 - 00:09

Ese bananga bali Pamela Namwenya Olinga.

My name is Pamela Namwenya Olinga.

00:09 - 00:13

Umukhana musaba khukhwama kamukuywa.

A daughter of the Musaba clan from Kamukuywa.

00:13 - 00:22

Nendi omukhana wo omufu Moses Lusweti nende maayi omusibe Florence Nekesa Mumoki.

I am the daughter of the late Moses Lusweti and a dear mother Florence Nekesa Mumoki.

00:22 - 00:27

Endi omwina muala omukoyabe.

My maternal clan is Muala Omukoyabe.

00:27 - 00:35

Khukhwama womusakhulu omufu Joctan Kundu khukhwama musirekere sia chesamisi.

From the late Joctan Kundu from Chesamisis village.

00:35 - 00:44

Ese nabeela ebunyore, omusakhulu wase bamulanga bali Washington Olinga.

I am married to my husband Washington Olinga in Bunyore

00:44 - 00:53

Nenya khulomalomakho khubulwale lukano lukano buliyo luno musibala siefwe sino.

I want talk about different types of diseases.

00:53 - 00:59

Khale sakhwabao nende bulwale nga buliyo luno tawe.

Long time ago we did not have many diseases like we have today.

00:59 - 01:04

Khubela nolola bakukhu nende.

Bcause if you check how grandmothers and.

01:04 - 01:14

Bakuka befwe bano barumikhilanga bindu lukano lukano enga kamafura kechinyenyi.

Our grandfathers. They used things differently for instance cooking oil.

01:14 - 01:18

Bakhamanga kamabele mala bara mumuka.

They used to milk cows and store in a calabash.

01:18 - 01:24

Mala kamala chinyinga chitaru nebesacha libonda.

To stay in it for three days then they shake it up.

01:24 - 01:27

Nono bara munyenyi nga kamafura.

They used it as cooking oil.

01:27 - 01:37

Liakhabili biakhulia biabwe biabechanga bie sikhale nga esaka, namasaka.

The second one, their food was traditional. For instance traditional vegetables.

01:37 - 01:40

Kamalea, kamasibilli.

Yeast and white grubs.

01:40 - 01:50

Chiswa chisike nende enyama esike. Ne enyama yino basikanga kwanza nio batekha.

Roasted white termites and roasted meat. The meat used to be roasted before it was cooked.

01:50 - 01:54

Nono bibieniebi.

So such things.

01:54 - 02:03

Biabekalilanga khunyola kamalwalwe ngano nengano nga kaliyo luno.

It prevented them from getting different ilnesses unlike the present time.

02:03 - 02:13

Nolekhasia nende luno luri chinyinga chabele lukano nende lukano.

If you compare with the current life, days have become very different.

02:13 - 02:18

Bandu balia biakhulia bie kamafura kamakali mala.

People are eating food prepared with a lot of cooking oil.

02:18 - 02:26

Kabatasa kamalwale mumubili mwabwe nga bulwale bwe kumoyo.

Which increase the chances of getting sick for instance hypertension.

02:26 - 02:32

Bandu babele baeyi lukali muno mala bulwale.

People have become promiscuous. The diseases.

02:32 - 02:41

Bwe chingoneleo bwamalile bakali sana.

Sexually transmitted diseases has killed so many people.

02:41 - 02:44

Musibala sifwe sino.

In this world.

02:44 - 02:50

Nono nenya khubolela bapapa, bamaayi, nende bawandase endi.

So I want to tell the fathers, mothers and my siblings.

02:50 - 02:54

Khuyaye khukhanyola kamlwale nga kano.

We should be careful not to suffer from such disesases.

02:54 - 03:02

Tawe kakhali nende buonia tawe. Murioo khukhundekeresia.

The disease that do not have cure. Thank you for listening to me.