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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...

Saying #1

-Nigatul'lii nachamugizi gumusaza, ivwasi gumukari-
This proverb was mentioned by Machuki (Rip) of Denja Zamani village in 2013. He was a village elder and had his share of stories.  He walked on two bakoras and pinched little children. He only asked for a cigarette if you were his friend.
Nigatul'lii -matters coming from, news
Inachamugizi -front area, ahead, concerned
gumusaza -of the husband, of the man
ivwasi -back room, kitchen, domestic
gumukari -of the wife, of a woman.
Rugano yiru rwivaraa shia mang'ana gavugurikaa hango. Mundu wi kisaza genyekaa ave niye wukurinda mugizi kijira vageni na mageni gaturil'laa inamugizi. Nakora ndio kandi mukari murindi wa hango niye arombaa nahenza mang'ana ga hango gazizagiraa vurahi.
Ku rwa yago rimenya hango rivezaa riu kwehozeriza nu kwitul'la kijira mundu si yingiriraa mang'ana gu undi fwaa mba navuza ha genyekaa. Niva musaza arava mundu wu kugwirirana nichekorekaa ivwasi amaa agotiza ruyari rwire kijira gekorekaa imugizi gamaa gamuvita afwana mugeni kugo. Na mukari niva ararwanyarwanya kugimugizi nayiviriri kivuni chu kurinda hango magava yamanyikana na vandu na hango numugeni.
Murirora rindi kwigaa mundu anyara kikora muyinzi gumudukirii vurahi vujira kwihayahayiza na mang'ana gu undi. Vuri mundu aveye nuvusiza vwivwe na niva urareka vuvwo wingiriri gyu undi ku rovezaa vwinamiru vwo kwoneka.

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