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The struggle with many a rigid Logooli cultural practices

  The Logooli community is one of the deeply cultured societies – with near everything supposed to have been done as per custom – to allow another custom to follow. One example is that for a mature man (with a child or more) to be buried, there must be a house structure at home. Another is that a boy must be circumcised and nursed in father land. If maternal family decides to, the boy will have a hard time reconnecting with father people - a dent on his masculinity. There were two children who got burnt to death in a house in Nairobi. The single mother had left for night work. Elders were told that one of the children was Logooli. The other, the woman had sired with someone else. The Logooli family wanted to burry their little one and long discussed the do’s and don’ts. Of a man who died childless and the grave was placed as if he had died as a man with children. It should have been dug on the sides, the grave. A real thorn should have been thrust in his buttocks, his name go...
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Izava Walk; Water Mill

Among the descendants of Kirima is Mmasingira. He gave birth to Maraha, Kiguru, Visonye, Maroka and Idare. The respondent was from the house of Idare. He later drew me a sketch of posho mill that operated using Izava river.

A barrier was constructed against the flow to direct water along a dike. Water flowed in to a structure that stored a few timber and two main stones. Down at the machine, a turbine was turned by the flow, pivoting to circle the upper stone. The stones were burrowed to let the crank shaft pass through. A funnel towered it. Grain entered through it was hold between the stones with the lower one static. Between them, flour was collected and down, water conduited back to Izava.

The problem with our people is jealousy, young man. Organisation is too poor here. No one likes when another seems like moving forward. Therefore people pull sideways. He pointed at a long time construction that would be a hospital. Stuck! Children played down there. Anagasha spring poured around.

A nice ox-bow at Kisigori was beautiful to behold but made ugly by the bare land hosting young maize. During rainy season, by look, the places badly soaked. A look at the last river overflow signalled harsh conditions for the crops when it rains. By look, it was a whole swamp before encroaching. This largely proceeded to Wandede where as it seemed, the whole valley bottom preferred maize to eucalyptus.

Ending the day, splash at the rock before Bukulunya- Chavakali bridge was a good place to sit and breath rest. Men showerd. Chavakali High pumped its water from there with equipments too old to suggest when Levi was a student.

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