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Heavy responsibilities for elder aunt among the Logooli

With Seenge Fonesi. She is the elder grand daughter of Isagi and elder daughter of Amugasya. She is often present in functions involving the family of Amugasya. Pic taken on 18/4/2024. The elder sister soon becomes the elder aunt. It is this “seenge munene” (elder aunt) tag that she is tied to many cultural responsibilities – back home. To her marital family she may appear as any other woman, but she is not so in the eyes of her people. Marriage does not steal her away as it would happen with other daughters of the old man. To her, as days go and the old man and woman of the estate are dependents, she becomes increasingly present.  Her brothers also need her for almost all traditional markings. They are marrying, she needs to welcome the new wife. They are giving birth, she needs to come to midwife or “bless” the new born. They are paying dowry she needs to lead the women delegate. There is a conflict she needs to come for a hearing.  And many others. Traditions does not expect her to
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Origin of Sakwa Kamnara - Second Vesion

-: The second version states that the kamnara people came to sakwa via lake Victoria. Like other tribes that initially settled in sakwa, they used 'bworo' (floating islands) or 'yiedhi' (canoes) for crossing the lake, where they came from is not clear but elders of the tribe believe that they might have come from yimbo location or from some islands in lake Victoria. They are not descended from Luo since proff. Ogot does not mention them in the history of the Luo.- msakuru Hezekiah Kisia.

-: Now here is the connection. 'the kamnara in sakwa are aware that some of their people continued moving towards the East and probably settled in present maragoli of vihiga District. However they are not able to relate the details or estimate the period or date with regard to this movement'

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