The one who has helped others climb the ladder gets kicked in the teeth.
More Swahili Proverbs:
He who desires all, misses all.Swahili
A thief is caught by his fellow thief.
Swahili
You cannot know the defects of a house you have not slept in.
Swahili
If the palmwine tapper is praised, he dilutes the palm-wine with water.
Swahili
A stranger is like a white fowl.
Swahili
He who has an axe does not lack firewood.
Swahili