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Heavy responsibilities for elder aunt among the Logooli

With Seenge Fonesi. She is the elder grand daughter of Isagi and elder daughter of Amugasya. She is often present in functions involving the family of Amugasya. Pic taken on 18/4/2024. The elder sister soon becomes the elder aunt. It is this “seenge munene” (elder aunt) tag that she is tied to many cultural responsibilities – back home. To her marital family she may appear as any other woman, but she is not so in the eyes of her people. Marriage does not steal her away as it would happen with other daughters of the old man. To her, as days go and the old man and woman of the estate are dependents, she becomes increasingly present.  Her brothers also need her for almost all traditional markings. They are marrying, she needs to welcome the new wife. They are giving birth, she needs to come to midwife or “bless” the new born. They are paying dowry she needs to lead the women delegate. There is a conflict she needs to come for a hearing.  And many others. Traditions does not expect her to
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WHEN THE GAP IS BIG

Two steps and the camera could have gone. I do my best to hide the thing and put on a casual wear. When one of the two boys a whisper away asked me twenty shillings, I pretended to be busy and took the opposite way- I was heading where they were going. Confused, I accelerated slowly and took to a slow run as they shouted, 'utanyang'anywa hapo mbele'. Good that the place was deserted. As I thought of how I have been warned from using the road, Obama came in my mind. If so we will change- we who can hear- what about the people in the slums? The poor? The ignorant?

Later I had witnessed three men carrying a rather drunk than sick fellow. They staggered too. The government has of late been hard on the sell of illicit brews but not all hotspots have been visited. Evil lies in the furthest of corners where goodness may be hesitant to visit. More efforts are needed down there and the media should be in to this as it was on Obama's visit.




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