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Chahilu’s Funeral; Logooli Culture in action

Guuga Chahilu was respectfully laid to rest at his home on Saturday 14th June 2025. Having passed on at Mbale Referral Hospital on 31st May 2025, the two weeks leading to his burial were full of cultural discussions. His passing on is a great loss to the Logooli Language and Culture Family as he was a custodian and informer of Luhya Indigenous Knowledge. An observation as to how the funeral proceeded leads us to revist Logooli traditions amidst modern realities.  One, having left the house alive and now coming back in state, Chahilu was to be taken inside the house, placed muihiilu for a moment and then officially taken out in wait for earth burial. His casket was able to enter the doors. There are cases where the dead would find it difficult to be taken in and then out due to an oversized casket or thin door. A man or a lady of his house who died out of home has to be taken in the house for a last ritual mark. But if the person had died inside, he or she would not be brought bac...
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Official opening of the Library - 30/6/2018

FAMILY, we are looking forward to having our Half-Year sitting in the month of June at S-CBO Library, Wangulu. 

We shall be examining whether we were able to make progress from the first AGM meeting we had in Dec 2017.

We shall also be putting our heads together for the next steps to take in the remaining half year. With that, all of us committed to the task should purpose to attend and contribute ideas and means to the course. 

We will take the opportunity on that very day to officially open our LIBRARY at Wangulu for community use. We are working to ensure shelves, tables and chairs are provided come the day. That all attendants are requested to come with books (a book day). So that we can also discuss how to make the library a better place for the community.

Let us start planning to attend and provide solutions for our advancement. 

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- You can share this message with friends, relatives and potential partners. 
- Any ideas to make the day successful are welcome. 

- With Thanks

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