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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...

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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