Twa twa is a word commonly used in Kenya. However, not many people know how the word came into being.
Pastor Sue Munene went viral with just a few words, 'Twa Twa' that she mentioned while delivering a sermon about marriage to her congregants.
Pastor Sue and pastor Joseph Munene have been married for over 20 years. Both serve as pastors and leaders of the Overcomers Hope Ministries Church in Kasarani, Nairobi County. The preacher and her husband were invited to do interviews at various media outlets after their sermon, which went viral across the nation. Her husband could not conceal his happiness or his thanks to her for always pushing couples to have healthy and happy marriages.
It was intended to be a euphemism because Pastor Sue Munene couldn't tell the group directly things about intimacy. The word "twa twa twa" became a convenient phrase to describe the act. She did not think the video being taken as she spoke would become popular.
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It happened in 2019. After countless songs have been written with the phrase "twa twa" in the lyrics, after "twa twa" has appeared in countless blog headlines and entered common parlance, after the pastor and her husband have spoken at relationship guidance forums all over the world, Sue is now looking to formally declare their relationship.
Pastor Sue stated that she has no plans to restrict anyone from using "twa twa" in an interview with the Sunday Nation. She said she wouldn't demand money from anyone who uses it either.
According to her, it's ownership is not for commercial purposes.The notice's publication dating, February 28, gives anyone 60 days to object the granting of the trademark to her. For someone's opposition to be considered, they must pay Sh5,000 ($250 for foreigners).
Pastor Sue claimed that she and her husband, who serve as ministers at the church they founded in Nairobi called Overcomers Hope Ministries, had been thinking about obtaining the trademark as long back as three years.
The pastor said they wanted to register Twa Twa in January 2020, but the matter died after they went to the US for 9 months.
She expressed her gratitude for having developed a vocabulary that assists couples in establishing a rapport. She cited a grateful 65-year-old man she had met in Meru the previous week as an example, who claimed to regularly use the phrase while requesting his rights from his 62-year-old wife.
Pastor Sue said that she might have received the terminology in a biblical way. Pastor sue said if she was to be asked the meaning of twa twa, she would say it is a coded language for God-given sex in marriage.
