Thĩna ũtĩrĩ, mĩri.

Affliction or poverty has no roots.

While the original proverb states that there is no specific cause(s) or source of poverty, the postproverbial notes that there is no patent to the ownership of affliction or poverty. Poverty/affliction, therefore, is classless.

• Postproverbial: Thĩna ũtĩrĩ, mwene.
  Translation: Affliction or poverty has no owner.
  

Kenya (Gikuyu)

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