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Reality check: The unblessed founder
Part of the founder’s loneliness is that we are elders to everyone and sons to no one. I will hold the paradox honestly. The market will never ululate, and it should not. Performance must be measured.
Generations ago, in a Kikuyu homestead, a child’s first credential arrived within minutes of birth. The women gathered at the door and released the ngemi (the ululations of blessing): five for a boy, four for a girl.
Before the child had walked, spoken, or produced anything, the community had already spoken. Destiny was announced first. Urathi (prophecy of purpose). Ũtonga (true wealth of the heart). Ũthamaki (leadership with justice). Ũcamba (courage). The elders did not wait for the harvest to name the child.
