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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...
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It is not late, not yet. Even kwetovoza!

Mukayagi Ngoda: I join the Saniaga family in mourning one of our remaining partriarchs Mzee Kereda with whom I had a very friendly father-son relationship. Mzee and others like my late dad, Lawrence Isigi, John Madete, Obimbo, Kagasi, Mbadi, Luvai, Kisia, Ombodo, Chavulimu and many, many others were the engine of the great Saniaga Welfare Association of yesteryears. They even had an anthem 'Saniaga, Saniaga Wifaare'. Instead of discussing and spending time on trivia and individual philosophies - as we've done this week - could we endeavour to rekindle, in honour of Mzee Kereda, our fore fathers' vision of the great Saniaga lineage. Mzee is also father of Rasoah wife to Ken Vitisia 'Umusedi' a close friend from a family whose links to our family were established and nurtured by our departed wazee.

Lung'afwa Muzami: Very true brother Mukayagi.  The pass on of Mzee kereda should have been an excuse to bring us all together. In another whatsapp  group in Mbale I've watched in awe as money streams in to support a member who has lost a father.  The members have nothing in common except shared membership.  Guys we will soon lose it if we don't hold it NOW!

Jackson Kafuna: Kuyaanza kwetovoza, ivikorwa kuvura

Mukayagi Ngoda: Those Saniaga gatherings, some of which were hosted in our home were something to behold. I also point an accusing fingure at myself and those of my generation for not taking the baton from our wazee. But thank God this new Saniaga initiative is here and giving us lots of hope. Methinks the library will naturally become Joshua Kereda Memorial Resource Centre.

Baba Ndanyi: @⁨Mukayagi Ngoda⁩ 
True bro. but the good thing is that you have it, you have not lost, it may look late but it's better late than never. Therefore tujikaze tuende steps kadha while training our children and grandchildren to do much more than we were able to do, I want to encourage ourselves not to lament about what we could not accomplish but what we can hand over to our children and grandchildren however little!!

Luvai: I am in agreement and still wish/hope /pray that meeting personally will remain an important aspect of our shared ancestry and aspirations.

Lung'afa: When we meet respect does increase. Social media makes people make a joke of others.

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