Kikuyu proverbs

Proverbs from all Kikuyu speaking parts of the world.

Illness

 * Mugîri rwa kûnyitûra agîrire rwa kûnyitia.
 * Translation: One can cause the illness  which he wanted to cure.
 * English equivalent: The remedy is often worse than the disease; Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.
 * Meaning: The effect of a treatment or bodily enhancement – whether pharmaceutical or not, whether a household remedy or professional-ordained – is often worse than what it was intended to cure or alleviate.
 * Ke rûtarara gathekaga ke riko
 * Translation: Unused firewood mocks the burning wood.
 * Meaning. People laughs at those in trouble even when they are the next in line.
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