THE NEXT MOUNT KENYA KINGPIN
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Relic Hunter
Elder Lister
Our very own @Field Marshal is more likely to be Mt Kenya Kingpin than Kioni. Can't trust that fellow, Kioni aligeuka MaDVD 2013 .
Mwalimu-G
Elder Lister
Hii inakuaga story ya jaba but let me not burst your bubble.
Don't we abuse the word KINGPIN, as we do many others? And why is it that it is only the Mt Kenya region that has kingpins?
Etimology dictionary
kingpin (n.)
also king-pin, 1801 as the name of the large pin in the game of kayles (similar to bowls except a club or stick was thrown instead of a ball; see "Games, Gaming and Gamesters' Laws," Frederick Brandt, London, 1871), from king with a sense of "chief" + pin (n.).
The modern use is mainly figurative and is perhaps from the word's use as synonym for king-bolt (itself from 1825), a large, thick, heavy bolt used in a machinery to couple large parts, but if this is the origin, the figurative use is attested earlier (1867) than the literal (1914)
Etimology dictionary
kingpin (n.)
also king-pin, 1801 as the name of the large pin in the game of kayles (similar to bowls except a club or stick was thrown instead of a ball; see "Games, Gaming and Gamesters' Laws," Frederick Brandt, London, 1871), from king with a sense of "chief" + pin (n.).
The modern use is mainly figurative and is perhaps from the word's use as synonym for king-bolt (itself from 1825), a large, thick, heavy bolt used in a machinery to couple large parts, but if this is the origin, the figurative use is attested earlier (1867) than the literal (1914)
Gio
Elder Lister
Rao - Luos
Kalonzo - Kambas
Olenkina - Maasai
Patel Sing - Rift Valley
Mudavadi / Oparanya - Luhyas
Denis Young
Elder Lister
First of all, Kikuyus have no kingpins. Uhuru thought he could direct us like a trainer commands his dogs, akajionea. Baks recommended Mudavadi, nobody followed, even when we loved him. (Why do the good ones always die quickly and we are left with kimuguruki?) Sasa this kioni who could not see is the one who thinks we will follow him? Ata rigathi atajionea. You cannot yoke the kikuyu, we choose and we discard. We hire you and we fire you.