<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliSlate received several letters in response to the Oct. 8 absence of Todays Papers, whose author, Scott Shuger, had fallen  <response>: Slate alipokea barua kadhaa kwa kujibu kutokuwepo kwa Oktoba 8 ya Todays Papers, ambayo mwandishi, Scott Shuger, alikuwa ameanguka. 