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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...

Saniaga Women Group - Kivagala

Meet Saniaga Women Self Help Group - Kivagala. They are a group of committed vaharikwa whose history of coming together is as strong as how easily people team up for greatness. Married to Saniaga family, they call themselves REAL SANIAGAS, so much laughter in their meetings and a showcase of how strong the saniaga name has been able to stand because of our mothers. It is in the socialising, quoting the chairlady that difficulties are shed off. And no way should anyone avoid such congregation. As a way of passing on the button, they are welcoming vanavizara to the group with encouragement that they go form their own association and keep the spirit. And admonishions to the great Saniaga family, as I explained to them that there is a dream to team up as whole for bigger achievement, they wanted to know how committed all were. It is them that said all who do not commit to a course are MASHABIKI. And in no way can mashabiki help people move ahead. With that, they look forward to fully supportive Saniaga links.

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