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Chahilu’s Funeral; Logooli Culture in action

Guuga Chahilu was respectfully laid to rest at his home on Saturday 14th June 2025. Having passed on at Mbale Referral Hospital on 31st May 2025, the two weeks leading to his burial were full of cultural discussions. His passing on is a great loss to the Logooli Language and Culture Family as he was a custodian and informer of Luhya Indigenous Knowledge. An observation as to how the funeral proceeded leads us to revist Logooli traditions amidst modern realities.  One, having left the house alive and now coming back in state, Chahilu was to be taken inside the house, placed muihiilu for a moment and then officially taken out in wait for earth burial. His casket was able to enter the doors. There are cases where the dead would find it difficult to be taken in and then out due to an oversized casket or thin door. A man or a lady of his house who died out of home has to be taken in the house for a last ritual mark. But if the person had died inside, he or she would not be brought bac...
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A Library project?

Lung'afa: .....Now, if there is a project, investment whatever initiative Saniagas may want to do, I pray it be related to a LIBRARY 📔📋🔬✏🖊📖📚🗄 !
......... Here are T-shirt logos, which one do you like? And what questions do you have?

Lung'afa: Can it start as a small library? A resource...then a kitty is organised from there? A library/bookshop can create other major avenues as me thinks. We would do programs that preserve lulogoli, educate people, advocacy on issues and of course have an investment alongside. We would be achieving CSR in our main activity. As you guys think, let us consider it.

Lung'afa: This Saniaga Library thing is on Facebook only now with 1k+ likes. We can make it REAL. And from there we can do great things.
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Here is the consulted plan.
1. Register the library as CBO. This is a youth avenue to do programmes of personal elevation as research,  community work, interactions and form social groups as per their areas of interest.

2. Have Saniaga 'Elders' as Board members to oversee the functions of the Library. They be in charge of related activities, exposure, resources, good will and advice. They shall also be custodians of resources and initiators of projects. The Saniaga Kitty and Investments be a REALISATION of their guidance.
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Way forward
1. Register by end of September
2. Raise initial operation costs through selling of T-shirts and personal commitment.
3. Open an operation booth, get a suitable place of operation that shall equally serve as an office by October
4. Solicit for staffing of materials through outreach, letter writing and donations. We need books more than anything. There are many 'old school' books in school that we may get and make them helpful.
5. Get lessons to Expand, Think of better ways by DECEMBER.
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PS; -if you have a better idea please share it.

Ndanyi Saniaga: Will the library be physically located somewhere and if so where, or is it on line? The T-shirt looks great, would like to purchase 2  in different colors.

Lung'afa: The Library is online...we would need a good place to set it physically. It can be anywhere...

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