Funny: NO Smoking Notice(for KiSwahili speakers, att: Kenya)

KiSwahili speakers and those who have been in Kenya (had an opportunity to meet Kenyans with accent) may understand the joke in this post. To my brothers and sister in Kenya, this is just a joke, it is not meant to demean or anything like that, after all, most of the time jokes are supposed to loosen tension, break barriers and unite people. Lighten up!

After public smoking was banned in Kenya , each town clerk was assigned the duty of posting notices in KiSwahili to that effect. See how different councils posted their notice:

The Mombasa Town Clerk (Proper KiSwahili): Uvutaji wa sigara umepigwa marufuku kuanzia leo. Watakaopatikana wakikiuka amri hii wataadhibiwa kwa mujibu wa sheria. Nyote zingatieni.

The Kiambu Town Clerk (Kikuyu accent): Wanyuanji wa thigara washunge sana. Unyuanji wa thigara bere ya watu hata huko ije umefigwa na kuachichwa marufuku na kaju kuanjia reo.

The Machakos Town Clerk (Kamba accent): Wavulutanji tsikala watsunge sana. Sasa kuvuluta tsikala ni maluvuku na kanzu ya Matsaaku itawasukulia atua kuvwa sana.

The Kisumu Town Clerk (Luo accent): Atenson Plis! Mifuto sichara adharani sasa omepigwa marofuku. Okipaatwa, ibiro yie Kodiaga! Apana furuta Plis! Kama lasma ufurute sichara, furuta kuni!

Wajir Town Clerk (Somali accent): Habana iko buruta sigara. Yeye lishapigwa marufuk na sisi tagaamata mutu bhahala yaghe kiburuta.

Kericho Town Clerk (Kalenjin accent): Gutoga leo gugunywa na gufuruta sigara sisi nagshagataasa. Haguna!! Charipu wee taona!

Kakamega Town Clerk: Kuanziako leo, hakunako kufuteko sikara. Kanzolo imekataako.

Kisii and Nyamira Town Clerk: Si nikuambi, akuna kukunywa sigara hapa ndani na inche kuansia reo. Yaani okipatwa ao mutakaobatikana onakunyua sigara, otasikwa kuansa, na otakura kiboko saa hiyo hiyo. Wote munaombua kujiatari sana.

Indian Shop (in English): Suddenly is smoking stopping, today it is only starting. 

Other Councils are still working on theirs......!