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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...

Kamunara - 'come-nearer' version

-: There is one Luo Prof who said Kamnara means come near. He even said that the Kamnara were Avalogooli who were used by the colonialists. They carried guns. Prof Luvai might be in a position to contact Prof Owino Rew who knows something about Kamnara. I do not have Prof Rew's number.

-: My luo friend says the same. Bunde Kamnara... Bunduki Come Near...The guns then could only shoot when one was near. So you were to 'comenear' to be shot.

-: Yes and that Avalogooli were the ones who carried the guns. This means that they were Avasaniaga and so in Luoland they acquired the name Kamnara which has stuck.
We need to carry out extensive research on Avalogooli then move to Avasaniaga where we need to do even more research finding out why we are so scattered. There has to be a reason for this.

-: Venturing into the unknown, trust Umusaniaga to take the risk, they want to see what others have not, to sample what others wouldn't dare, Umusaniaga can never be idle and that is a proven fact.

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