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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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Hello, what of subscriptions?

-‬: Treasurer any update on money...we need to renew our subscription  soon

Lung'afa: Hello Alice, allow me to answer you and also the treasurer should speak.

Subscriptions and such payments are good and also not good (in book keeping and keeping members active).

During the last AGM we did agree to Dad Kereda's  proposition that we do not waste energy following people to subscribe and resubscribe. 

That we agreed our activities will be project based. Whereby a project is proposed, Saniagas commit to it and count it done. There and thence. 

That is what we have been practicing of late. 

But the constitution requires registration and subscriptions, something we have to relook at. It was 500 per head for Membership to Saniaga CBO which is renewed yearly and only 5,000/- for life membership of ten years. We have 27 registered members but of this year only 5 renewed membership.  

And it is Dad Ndanyi's (chairperson) proposition that we have each of us paying only 1,000/- (in line with Dad Kereda's view) and we would need no more subscriptions. If you have paid 500/- you only need to add 500/- and you bonafied member. This would come as a by-law to scratch off the constitutional mode of subscriptions. 

- With Thanks

-‬: Thank you brother for the update.Joined recently but have /had no idea what is happening.I asked but never got one to enlighten me. I knew  the project was we promote each other and the on going is buying  T-shirt with saniaga logo. 

Lung'afa: T-shirts move is not a person's project. It is aimed at getting money to capacitate our library at Wangulu.

-‬: Morning everyone. Am happy I have started getting information that I did not  know.  Thank you so much brother.

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