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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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Are you conscious of your time?

Today you woke up with a mental note of doing something. It would involve travelling to a work station or working from within. If you took leisure as an option or were put down by a cold don’t mind. You are as good as those who did something. When you get well you will compensate, won’t you?

Like bees in a hive, there is a kiosk to buy milk from for breakfast, there was a truck driver who transported the milk, there is a factory that processed the milk, there are farmers who milked, there is a veterinary personnel whom the farmers depend upon for better and new farming practices, the veterinary officer is employed by the government and the VAT on the milk accounts for his salary. It is a circle and its credit comes from urbanization.


Urbanization is daily localizing what you need. Services that were once rare and far away are at your door step. Different people with different expertise quickly converge hence increase in adding value to a thought or a service. Unlike before when production was localized and what could only be sourced was more of beauty items that people could do without, the present society depends on multiple service providers that if there be a failure in one it affects others too.

The gist of this article occurred when Mama Nitilie (those women who cook cheaply/economically for workers) served a large turnout during one of lunchtime meals. In her small capacity of a poor shade and a few helpers whom I would not call employees, she was in an impassive way participating in the errands of her time. Her gains would be to school her children or access a better house. The guards whom I see at the gates, the drivers who take populations to job places, the present Pharaohs and even me the modern scribe is in a way making history. But do I know that?

Taking advantage of the providences of our time to better the lives of people and conserve the environment would be our highest attainment. A view of poverty, war, corruption, degradation and exploitation among others do not positively add to the records of our time. The thirst for knowledge, healthy lives, exploration, spirituality and better environments should make us gather in forums, chant progressive words and meet in the night to do better.

In whatever you do, driven by the legacy and dignity of life that would be of benefit to the future generations, look deeply into the present. Be conscious by acquiring the highest understanding of a thing. Be a seeker. Be a hard worker. Control your mind. That when you are siring the next generation, you know what to hand over.


Being conscious of your time is more than what I have written here. And you know that.

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