Ky'otonnalya, tokyesunga; ettooke balitutte kiro.
“Do not count as yours what you have not yet received; the bananas were taken back in the night.”
Do not celebrate a gain before it is truly secured, since it can still be lost.
— Traditional Uganda Wisdom, Uganda
Source: Traditional Uganda proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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