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Chahilu history in Lulogooli : Gaa kale gaa Chahilu (1942-2025)

Bernard Philimona Chahilu 1942-2025  Liivulwa Mukuluundu Bernard Philemon Chahilu yivulwa muhiga gwa 1942 mweli gwa kavili guvee sita (6/2/1942). Nu mwana wa Elam Kilago na maama Jelida Modani ma vosi vaakuza. Nu muyaayi Mukizuungu Mudidi mwifwa Mumasiingila Muvisonye. Yiivulwa muyaayi munifu mulidaala lye Gaigedi, Gaigedi logongo, Wodanga Lusoma, Sabatia Sub-county, Vihiga County. Kuviikilwa makono. Yaaviikilwa ku makono no mwilwazi Daudi Kadenge muhiga gwa 1942 mulidaala lie Gavudia mulivugaana lia Valina. (Friends Church). Likevwa Yaakevwa muhiga gwa 1952 kekevo chalaangwa Silula. Lisooma Yaataangila lisooma lilie ha Gaigedi masoomo go muluguki. Yaamanya niazya Gahumbwa Primary muhiga gwa 1955 mukilaasi kia kavaga. Yaakola ligela lia vaalaanga C.E.E. (Common Entrance Exam) muhiga gwa 1956 ha Gahumbwa. Muhiga gwa 1957 yaazya kusooma mukilaasi cha kataano ha Kericho Township School. Muhiga gwa 1958 yaazya kusooma ha Kigama Intermediate mukilaasi cha siita niakolela ho ligela liala...

What do you remember her for?

Let us talk about women, folks! I understand it is not a conscious topic. Stories of women (or girls) are associated with pettiness, unfound whining and worse of all we have socialized those that do not call for our respect in debauchery. If you gonna host a woman, largely prepare for either, more so if in any way she feels inferior to you. Apart from sex, which of cause any can offer, women have left us good memories, learning instances and opened our eyes to new understanding.

In giving back, sons of soil have been responsible in offering technical help. A bulb went off and when it was replaced, the new did not light. The tap is loose man, do something. The gate hinges screech badly! Don’t we have a male figure around? If such would be remembered then the accusations towards men would reduce.


As agents of change, a woman can make one feel that you have long foolishly wallowed in deprivation and ignorance. ‘Look at your bed! Can’t you buy new sheets? Blankets are no longer in use. There are cheap duvets men. Stop embarrassing yourself. Is this the place you want me to sleep?’ Haha. The next time she will come to a new house, better than the other, a sofa set installed with a cooking gas in place. She would smile internally and mock at your folly. Did you have to take that long?

Before leaving for high school the poor village boy who never knew the essence of a closet was excused by his sister. She helped him pack items in the iron box. There he saw her take a shirt by the back, folding each side straight before the collar before folding it twice or once- ‘How you like it bro,’ she said. Only the least to satisfy would opt for an iron box.

Socks are clothing too and when washed should be well folded to avoid the wrinkles that would hurt your leg in a tight shoe. You have been used to coiling them roughly and here she is, teaching you how to fold them in pairs before rolling them into a beautiful ball. There will be no time where one part of the pair goes missing. That is a big problem simply solved.

My friend had one bucket for a start. Well served for that moment, he could ask for a basin or two from the neighbor once in a while for laundry. He says that his girlfriend visited one day and was about to help when she discovered that she would have to take a neighbor’s item. How she hates asking neighbours for items! Basins are not very expensive boy. Heaven sent, she bought them.

A woman would stand to correct and reprove a man in a direct way that a fellow man would not. They stand to say what they feel and want. And a man would accept that as a good challenge and employ efforts to provide.

It sours when the expectations cannot be fulfilled, when reproving is received as undermining or embarrassment, when one does not put self in the other’s position- when reproving is used to gain advantage.

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