The second man was not sure; be blamed fate. “It was in the name,” he said. “Who would name his child first Kamu and then Kintu?”“Someone seeking to double the curse.
-- Spectator (About Kamu’s Death) (Prologue)

Importance: This quote establishes the concept of the curse and the idea that it is well known within the community. This moment also shows how easy it is for people to try and blame something else for their actions. Everyone in the marketplace is in some way responsible for Kamu’s death. A few men are responsible for killing him outright. Yet, they blame his name. They blame a curse. They blame everyone else but themselves; something that many other mail characters do throughout the rest of the novel.

Kintu felt for Gitta. He knew the snare of being a man. Society heaped such expectations on manhood that in a bid to live up to them some men snapped...
-- Kintu (Book One: Kintu Kiddu: 4)