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a) Waiyaki had been summoned by the Kiama1 to answer accusations of having betrayed the tribe 1 / they had wanted Waiyaki to respond to them.1
b) They had a frosty or a strained relationship; one full of hatred and suspicion “Waiyaki look at Kabonyi……….reveal hatred.”
c) During the parents meeting at Marioshoni, he opposes Waiyaki’s plan of building latrines for the school out of malice.
-Organizes/instigates the abduction of Nyambura to be used as evidence against Waiyaki.
-Forms the Kiama as a tool to challenge Waiyaki’s leadership and he even ensures that Waiyaki takes an oath which he later uses to argue that Waiyaki had betrayed the bribe.
-He uses Kamau, his son, to spy on waiyaki and uses the reports he receives from his son fight Waiyaki.
d) He (Waiyaki) said/told them that if they had nothing else to tell him he would go(1mk)
e) –colonialism-mention of the presence of white men.
- Betrayal – “it forbids you to betray the tribe………..”1
- Tradition – Waiyaki is seen to have violated certain norms like relating with Nyambura; a Christian and uncircumcised - Love and friendship – Waiyaki is in a romantic love relationship with Nyambura. “if I love her, I love her…..” “it did not forbid me to love…….”
- Christianity – mention Christians
f) -Personification1 – “Kabonyi’s eyes spoke1…………………..”
-dialogue1
– between Kabonyi 1and Waiyaki/ Waiyaki and the elders amongst the elders.
-narration 1
– the extract narrates 1the story of Nyambura’s rejection of Waiyaki and Kabonyi’s hatred as well as Kamau’s.
Rhetoric questions1;
``what had Nyambura got to do with them?1 What? could he not do whatever he wanted with his own life? Or was his life not his own?
g) That Waiyaki had touched the body of dying woman (Muthoni) and was never cleansed.1a
- That he had been seen in Joshua’s church severally.1b
- That he was in league with the white men.1c
- He had secret dealings with Joshua.1d
-He’s in a relationship with Nyambura; Joshua’s daughter and intends to marry her.1e
h) i) Very annoyed/enraged/furious /angered/vexed/infuriated/1
ii) Failed/disappointed.1
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