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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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The First white man among the Maragoli was?

-: Who is awake? I have a question and a prize!
- Ehe

-: I am awake. Just come from a meeting out of Nairobi. Ask your question. Sidika

-: Late bird. Affinity!

The quiz is, what year of purpose did Britons enter Maragoli and who is the fond known Briton?

- Airtime Ksh 50

- Asante.

-: I can't remember but my late Dad used to talk so much about him and how he taught them to drink tea at Chavakali. I think it was ? Carey???? Francis. I might remember it later.

-: 😁😎. I don't know either. You saved my account.

But I have read of Rees (famously Bwana Rees who climbed a tree in some tropical forest and said, this is the place!). It came to be Friends Mission Kaimosi.

But Kaimosi wasn't a maragoli zone! That is year 1902.

The dispersal was from Kidundu. There up at Majengo. There is an old church building, first home and point of white man activity in Maragoli. Before Kaimosi.

- More of what is known?

-: I will also ask my elder sister. She might know. Sidika

-: It was Emory Rees, I also heard about him. My grand dad was one of his first African converts, he would refer to him as bwana Risi

-: Before going to Kaimosi he lived at Kidundu? Or the great Ndanyi was converted at Kaimosi?

Who gave them leads evorogoori? The Maseno parish?

Late night questions.

-: Yes the name my Dad kept saying was "(bwana risi)"

-: Not Ndanyi but Yohana Inji, my paternal grand father, Emory Rees first settled at Vihiga before moving to Kaimosi, the old church at Vihiga Sec. School was his first, Kidundu came much later

-: Getting.

Inji? Hahaha. The name been inherited?

Bwana Rees got mileage in the days of Joel Litu and Yohana Amugune. Right? Importantly due to the efforts of Bible translation. Like he took credit for efforts of all the missionaries.

-: Bible and gospel songs translations.

-: Following.

-: By the way guys, 99+ of the hymn songs in L'logoli were translated by my late dad, he went further and taught the church choirs, the reason why those very old folks can still sing songs with complicated bends and twists!

-: Following and taking notes.

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