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Koo lake linaumwa.   <br\/>Hataki juisi.<br\/>Hataki kitu cha kuchezea<br\/>ambacho Bibi anakitikisa usoni mwake.<br\/>Hatimaye ametulia, amegandamana na mama yake,<br\/>anainua kichwa chake kidogo,<br\/>anamtazama Muuguzi wa Sindano machoni<br\/>na kusema, &#8221;Sikupendi.&#8221;<br\/>Karibu, mama mzee anatabasamu,<br\/>anaangalia kwa machozi<br\/>kwa ajili ya koo lake linalioumwa, matatizo yake,<br\/>na kwa ajili ya uzuri<br\/>wa vifaa vya asili kwa watoto,<br\/>kilio chao kinachochochea wito wa kutenda.<br\/>Saa moja baadaye, bado amegandamana na Mama,<br\/>hatimaye anaondoka mahali pale pabaya.<br\/>Anainua kichwa chake kidogo mara ya mwisho,<br\/>anamtazama Muuguzi wa Sindano<br\/>na kumtikisia ngumi yake ndogo.<br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huenda ana miaka 5. \/ Akipigapiga, akilia<br \/>\nbaada ya upasuaji.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3135700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9933],"tags":[],"fpb_issue_category":[25299],"class_list":["post-3135705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ushairi","fpb_issue_category-utambulisho-wa-jinsia-na-kimapenzi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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