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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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Izava Walk : But the spring is dry !

A woman sat down by the open spring to fill her bucket and also for the others. They saw me walk in the reeds but their story was interesting to give me concern. They are women of Erukangu village. A dry well was a few metres away in the land of Zablon Otwoti.

A child throws a leaf in the river and lol, wind throws in more. They flow in a swing manner away. Edukhula is a clean stream flowing in after Emachuri-Esibuye bridge. Maize and nappier make no grazing field available. A show of flooding had destroyed beans and stunted maize. I sought for an upper path. By Izava it was tough.

Up a tree I picked several guava fruits that would serve me great for the day. They were small enough to enter the mouth like groundnuts. I met Masai men from there and wondered as some wondered about me.

Hurrying, a stream came from Emakata and Esirongo. Etukhula stream is its name. It enters Izava shortly after Ematsuli-Kwibaga road. There, a Lake Victoria North Water Services station kept stature. Who operated these places? Did they work? Since their establishment, how efficient has their services been? Nothing but closed doors. It were better if maize was planted where it stood.

Incomplete bridge at Musila, a slippery log one that has always killed drunkards and a farmer who thought family planning was a stupid act all habited a similar niche. He farmed sugarcane near Izava, spoke well about land fragmentation but in a manner of finding what I would say, opposed family planning. What if the one dies?

I was in need of water. My bottle was empty. The way was getting boring. Izava browned badly with sand harvest. Its water would be the last to fetch at death. To a bridge that connects Esirulo to Manyinya I passed. Esanda stream came in. Musihina spring was on the other side of the ridge. The bridge was courtesy of Hon. Otchilo, the present member of parliament for Emuhaya.

A man who wanted to show me the easy path out having hinted I headed to Yala told kids that he would cut the guava tree that they abused by stepping on his maize. Maize and more maize as the Esikhuyu bridge neared. This connected Esirulo to Emusire.

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