By Reuben Olita
The style of Ugandan women kneeling down while greeting men is a gesture that their Kenyan counterparts need to emulate.
It’s indeed a rare gesture that may lead to the influx of Kenyan men to the land of bananas and the pearl of Africa in search of such respectful women.
Asamo Elizabeth, who visited her sister, Irene Akano in Amagoro on Tuesday and displayed a shocking gesture while greeting deacon Abednego Emai of the Chrisco Co-Workers Church Amagoro Teso North Sub County, Busia County.
Ugandan child greets an Amagoro businesslady Fidelis Murunga.
Addressing the press on this unique stature, Asoma Elizabeth said Ugandan women emulated Mary the mother of Jesus who always knelt down while greeting people.
Elizabeth said the kneeling down shows the respect they owe their husbands.” It’s natural. We also kneel down before our elderly to show we give them the respect they deserve.”
She added:” The message to Kenyan women is kneel down before your men. Ugandan culture dictates that women have to kneel before their men. Children are also allowed to kneel before people who are older than them.”
Abednego said Elizabeth’s gesture is a kind of humility and respect. This is a man who needs respect and the decision deep into one’s heart.
“Jesus wanted us to have such lives. If you go to a place, kneel down and seek God’s blessings to magnify his respected strength,” he said.
He added:” I have discovered that this is a normal occurrence, and I was born with unique characteristics. I have discovered that it’s respect you gave and bequeathed me. It also shows you have returned the respect to the person who gave you.”
In his appeal to Kenyans, the Deacon urged women to emulate their Ugandan counterparts, although not necessarily to kneel down but by embracing respect to their husbands, which is a clear manifestation your respect for your husband because it’s a man who made you to be called a husband.
Security officer based in Kisumu Mr David Idewa noted that kneeling before men mostly came from Japan and inherited by Ugandans and some from Tesos in Kenya.
“Kenyan women take it as a lie by pretending to know all while they are not. Intact from the years round, all women are supposed to respect men, but living it to Ugandan women and a few from Tesos in Kenya.
