Shadow of a stick canot protect one from the sun.
More Swahili Proverbs:
The corpse-washer is washed.Swahili
He who devours his neighbour's fowl, its foot prints will give him away.
Swahili
A husband of a mother is a father.
Swahili
That which eats you up is in your clothing.
Swahili
You canot know the bugs of a bed that you have not lain on.
Swahili
Two bulls do not live in the same shade.
Swahili