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| Boda boda passengers wearing skirts would have been required to sit sideways instead of facing the riders as per the Luo tradition, if a suggestion aired by Kisumu North Ward representative Caroline Owen had taken root. |
BY MAUREEN ODIWUOR
KISUMU, Kenya: 'Bet ang'ewa jochiro odagi' (sitting with legs apart has been refuted in the market place), was a song that every member of the Luo community could relate to. The song used to be sang to females by males or to children by their elder female folk.
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