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The Kamnara of Sakwa are making ground to build for future generations

Greetings from the Kamnara of Sakwa! The Kamnara people of Sakwa on 27th December 2024 gathered at Village Park, Ajigo (near Bondo). Hosted by Kwaka Joseph, they hearkened to the consultative forum call, arriving in good numbers and early enough for a successful day. The gathering was chaired by Mr. Nying’ro James Onyango, a former (retired) assistant commissioner of Police. The introductions were excellent. The genealogies were mentioned in reverence, lengthy ones applauded. And courtesy of Enos Oyaya’s book, “Kamnara my people”, anyone who would need help had the documentation. Oyaya had launched the Kamnara book on 30th December 2022 at his home in Kamnara Mwalo, an event that gathered Vakamnara from far and wide. “What can we do that the generations to come will benefit from?” This was the clarion Mr. Kwaka Joseph called on all to fashion their minds to. And issues were raised in the fields of Education, health, agriculture, enterprise, politics and more that the swift dholuo would...
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Izava Walk : Rogele stream

There is at Indiga a super grazing field that would take one back in time how the Izava stretch was. If it were not the bushy swamps, the land had large fields of grass that village cows met there. Mriagano was the name. The meeting point. The sun was weak and it yellowed the field, exposing the cows that fed. Men from gold sites smoked ganja while a cobbler and friend sat in a shade. Music by Belafonte sang from my phone. I journeyed on.

Vamatsi, Vamuku and Vatongoi are clans that I was told when three gentlemen spoke their roots. This lead me to Mukibira. This is at the valley bottom where a bridge connecting Viyalo to mang'nyuri and madanya was. It was now Ebunangwe on the left, the entrance to Bunyoreland.

Peace, quietness, a river flowed. Seeing it, I thought Izava had taken a drastic change of flow. But had Izava became cleaner from Viyalo mess? A new river it was. And its name was Rogele.

Rogele comes as far from Munzazi, crosses Kakamega-Kisumu road as Ehedwe having sourced as far as Kidinye. Rwang'ela stream pours in. Later, the river is fed by streams from Visiru, vusambu and Magada. Induyani and Endereya from virombe jump in. Visegese adds to it. And as it feeds Izava, it is as worthy as it should be. The bottom there is known as Murogele.

I jumped Rogele to for I walked where it poured from. In the quiet, cool and green field a man dozed as cattle fed. Bhang smokers never caused trouble anymore. Nyore are dark skinned people as he was. Ise, Munyore Munangwe, he said. The reason why there were Nyores in Maragoli and Tiriki is because when they erred, they were chased. Refuge was there.

I saw guinea fowls and wished one dropped its feather for me. This was after Sharusi stream flowed from Viyalo. And reaching the Kilingili-Ebunangwe bridge, there was vandalisation. Bolts were out. This was upsetting but the cool breeze in the tall trees showing green grass to step on made me forget. A stream from Wadigula and another from Ebulamba consecutively joined.

The day was over.

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